The nurse explains that the routine preoperative diagnostic tests for a patient anticipating a below-knee amputation are:
1. pulse volume recording and WBC (white blood count).
2. cardiac catheterization and WBC.
3. pulse volume recording and x-rays.
4. thermography and cardiac catheterization.
1
Pulse volume recording and WBC are two diagnostic tests for patients anticipating a be-low-knee amputation.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 934
OBJ: 4 TOP: Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
# 6. The nurse explains that for an elbow disarticulation, the limb will be severed:
1. just above the elbow joint.
2. just below the elbow joint.
3. between the shoulder and elbow.
4. through the elbow joint.
4
Disarticulations sever limbs through the joints.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 933
OBJ: 2 TOP: Type of Amputation
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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