The nurse, who is inspecting the knee of a patient who fell and reports stiffness, hears a grating sound with knee movement. How should the nurse document this finding?
a. Arthritis
b. Crepitus
c. Synovitis
d. Inflammation
ANS: B
Crepitation is a grating sound as joint or bone moves. A. There is not enough information to determine if the patient has arthritis. C. Synovitis is an inflammation of synovial fluid within a joint. D. Inflammation would cause a joint area to feel warm, painful, and edematous.
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