You are giving a presentation on the laboratory and diagnostic testing to determine disorders for the musculoskeletal system to a group of nursing students
a. List some diagnostic and laboratory tests and what they can tell you.
Students' answers should include the following:
a.
• Complete blood count, white blood count, with differential—detects infections, inflammation, and anemia
• Other blood tests can show various musculoskeletal disorders.
• Alkaline phosphate—Paget's disease
• Acid phosphate—tumors or healing fractures
• Decreased serum calcium levels show osteoporosis, bone tumors, or osteomalacia.
• Increased serum phosphorus indicates bone tumors and healing fractures.
• Elevated serum acid indicates gout.
• Elevated antinuclear antibody indicates lupus.
• Urine tests to determine uric acid and calcium levels
• X-rays, CT, and MRI
• Arthroscopy—visual exam of joints
• Arthrocentesis—aspiration of fluid of the joints
• Bone scan and bone densitometry
• Electromyography—involves muscles and nerves leading to the muscles
• Biopsy to determine abnormalities
You might also like to view...
A patient admitted with an elevated ST-segment myocardial infarction on oxygen per nasal cannula for his diagnosed influenza is complaining of shortness of breath with an oxygen satura-tion of 88%. The albuterol treatment provides no relief
What is the next best action by the RN? a. Increase the oxygen concentration and recheck the saturation after 10 minutes. b. Obtain a 12-lead ECG. c. Notify the health care provider. d. Call the patient's wife to have her sit with him to calm him.
A client asks the nurse why expelled flatus is foul-smelling. What should the nurse respond?
1. The actions of microorganisms within the gastrointestinal tract are responsible for the odor. 2. The client's emotions are causing the gas formation. 3. The sensory nerves in the rectum are being stimulated. 4. The client has swallowed too much air while eating.
The nurse has several roles in providing nutritional support to a client. What should a nurse know about the administration of medications and dietary considerations?
A) Medications should be taken with bland diet for easier absorption. B) It is best to alternate medications with similar functions. C) Some medications have reactions with certain foods. D) Clients' likes and dislikes of certain foods may affect medication absorption.
The CDC has several standardized adolescent and school health tools that assist in assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating school health programs
Using your knowledge of health screening tools, what tool helps schools work with Cooperative Extension, health departments, and families in efforts to make schools food-safe? A) Food-Safe Schools Action Guide B) Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool C) Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities D) Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool