Week 10

 Chapter: 21

Musculoskeletal System

  Superficial muscles of the trunk, anterior view
A woman pregnant for the first time tells you that she is in excellent health and asks you why it is necessary to increase her calcium intake during her pregnancy. What should you tell this patient? 

How is the true bone formed during fetal development?

What can help slow the progression of musculoskeletal changes associated with aging?

You are observing an examiner take the history of a 70-year-old man as part of the musculoskeletal examination. You notice that the examiner asks the patient about exercise habits in his early years. Is this a relevant question to ask this patient? Why or why not?

A young woman is concerned about a 1-cm difference in the length of her legs. What is the best response to give this patient?

Which test is used to detect a torn medial or lateral meniscus?

A 12-year-old boy has injured his right leg in an automobile accident. If the epiphysis is damaged, what can eventually occur?

What does the bulge sign look to detect?

A positive Tinel sign is suggestive of which disorder?

What are the symptoms of fibromyalgia? 

What are the risk factors for sports injury?

JB is a 43-year-old patient who presents to the office with complaints of back pain. She states that the pain started a few months ago as a dull ache, and now she feels that it has progressed to her hands, feet, and hips. The patient is obese and has a family history of joint pain. You have diagnosed her with osteoarthritis.

1- Describe the etiology of osteoarthritis.

2- Differentiate between signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

3- Because JB is having pain in her back, describe an indicator of a weakened muscle group.

 

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 Week 10

 Chapter: 21

Musculoskeletal System

  Superficial muscles of the trunk, anterior view
A woman pregnant for the first time tells you that she is in excellent health and asks you why it is necessary to increase her calcium intake during her pregnancy. What should you tell this patient? 

How is the true bone formed during fetal development?

What can help slow the progression of musculoskeletal changes associated with aging?

You are observing an examiner take the history of a 70-year-old man as part of the musculoskeletal examination. You notice that the examiner asks the patient about exercise habits in his early years. Is this a relevant question to ask this patient? Why or why not?

A young woman is concerned about a 1-cm difference in the length of her legs. What is the best response to give this patient?

Which test is used to detect a torn medial or lateral meniscus?

A 12-year-old boy has injured his right leg in an automobile accident. If the epiphysis is damaged, what can eventually occur?

What does the bulge sign look to detect?

A positive Tinel sign is suggestive of which disorder?

What are the symptoms of fibromyalgia? 

What are the risk factors for sports injury?

JB is a 43-year-old patient who presents to the office with complaints of back pain. She states that the pain started a few months ago as a dull ache, and now she feels that it has progressed to her hands, feet, and hips. The patient is obese and has a family history of joint pain. You have diagnosed her with osteoarthritis.

1- Describe the etiology of osteoarthritis.

2- Differentiate between signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

3- Because JB is having pain in her back, describe an indicator of a weakened muscle group.

 

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Musculoskeletal and Neurologic System

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and the neurologic systems. Based on your research and understanding, respond to one of the following scenarios:

1. A 58-year-old female is admitted for a work up for a complaint of neck and low back pain. During admission, you discover that she underwent a renal transplant six years ago. The patient also had blood work collected. When you review the findings, you notice that her serum calcium is elevated at 13.9 (Normal values range from 8.5 to 10.2 mg/dl), her CBC shows a hematocrit of 33%, and hemoglobin of 11.1 g/dl (normal adult female hematocrit Range: 37-47%, normal adult female hemoglobin range: 12-16 g/dl).
   • What does this mean and what could be the underlying cause of her pain and her abnormal lab values?
   • What other assessments would be helpful?

 

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Musculoskeletal and Neurologic System

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and the neurologic systems. Based on your research and understanding, respond to one of the following scenarios:

1. A 12-year-old female is admitted with severe pain in her spine. While checking history, the patient and her mother state that several weeks ago the patient was treated for an upper respiratory infection. The infection subsided after several days of taking antibiotics. However, several days later, the child complained of joint swelling and pain in her right elbow, which subsided, but then seemed to migrate to her left knee. A week later, today, the child began to complain of worsening back pain. The mother has been treating the pain with over the counter pain medication and heat and ice packs, but this did not seem to help.

o What are the possible causes of the pain and how you would proceed?

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In this assignment, you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation based on the application of the functional health assessment of a movie character. To complete this assignment, choose a movie from the following list and identify a character from the movie on whom you would like to do a health assessment. If you wish to use a character from a movie not included on the following list, get the approval of your instructor.

Films:

1. Away From Her
2. Lorenzo’s Oil
3. Mask
4. My Sister’s Keeper
5. Philadelphia
6. Rain Man
7. Steel Magnolias
8. Stepmom
9. The Elephant Man
10. The Mighty
11. The Tic Code

Directions:

1. Create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-12 slides using the template “Movie Character Presentation.”
2. Provide an introduction and background overview of the movie character (client).
3. Assess the client using the “Functional Health Pattern Assessment.”
4. Based on your “observations” and thoughts, document your assessment, providing examples from the movie.
5. Describe any observed or potential cultural, geographic, religious, ethnic, or spiritual considerations of this client.
6. Describe two normal health patterns of the client as well as two abnormal health patterns that you observe, and provide examples.
7. Develop an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the client based on your assessment.
8. Identify and describe three interventions for the client: health promotion, health prevention, and maintenance.
9. Identify at least two possible resources or community services to which you would refer this client and provide rationale for your choices.

In addition to submitting the presentation to the instructor, post your assignment to the Movie Character Health Assessment Presentation Main Forum as directed by instructor. Respond to other students’ posts in a manner that initiates or contributes to discussion. Each person should make at least three substantive comments.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

NRS-434VN-R-MovieCharacterPresentationSamplePPT-Student.pptx
 

 

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