Nursing care plans then Musculoskeletal
Musculoskeletal Care Plans
Neurovascular checks, mobility, and the complication that presents as pain out of proportion.
12 plans in this system
Neurovascular assessment and mobility carry most of these plans, and the complication to recognize is pain out of proportion to the injury. Several plans here turn on what not to do.
Hip Fracture and Arthroplasty
These items reward mobilization over rest.
CP-035Members onlyCompartment Syndrome
These items test one recognition and two counterintuitive actions.
CP-036Members onlyOsteoporosis and Fall Injury Prevention
These items are dominated by bisphosphonate administration.
CP-122Members onlyTotal Knee Arthroplasty
The pillow under the knee is the classic wrong answer and appears often.
CP-123Members onlyFracture with Cast or Traction
Expect the classic item where a casted patient reports increasing pain and the answer is to assess and report rather than to medicate again.
CP-124Members onlyFat Embolism Syndrome
Timing is the trick, so confusion on day one or two after a femur fracture is this rather than a clot.
CP-125Members onlyAmputation and Phantom Limb Pain
The pillow item and the phantom pain item appear most often, and both correct answers feel counterintuitive to students.
CP-126Members onlyOsteoarthritis
Nearly every item is a discrimination item, so hold the pattern rather than the disease.
CP-127Members onlyRheumatoid Arthritis
Discrimination from osteoarthritis is asked constantly and the discriminators are symmetry, stiffness duration, and systemic symptoms.
CP-128Members onlyGout
The medication item is nearly guaranteed, and the trap is picking allopurinol for acute pain.
CP-129Members onlyOsteomyelitis
The culture before antibiotic item is asked directly and is the highest priority action in an admission stem.
CP-130Members onlyLow Back Pain and Lumbar Spine Surgery
Log rolling is asked in almost every version of this content.
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