After assisting the primary health care provider in applying a cast, a nurse should include which intervention in the immediate cast care?

Which activity may be most helpful for a child who’s allowed full activity after repair of a clubfoot?

Which strategy should a nurse teach an adolescent to prevent sportsrelated injuries?

The nurse instructs a client with a hip-spica cast to avoid gas-forming foods. The client asks the nurse what can happen if the food is consumed. What is the best response by the nurse?

Which nursing intervention should be taken if, while a cast is drying, the client complains of heat from the cast?

A school-age child tells a nurse that he’s experiencing intense itching from under his cast. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

Nursing care for a client in traction may include which intervention?

A child in skeletal traction for a fracture of the right femur exhibits a positive Homans’ sign, complains of left-sided leg pain, and has edema in the left leg. A nurse should further assess the child for which condition?

At the scene of a trauma, which nursing intervention is appropriate for a child with a suspected fracture?

The nurse receives a report on a child admitted with the most severe form of muscular dystrophy. The nurse knows this means the child has which type of muscular dystrophy?

Which intervention should a nurse expect to use to prevent venous stasis after skeletal traction application?

Immediately after a spinal fusion, which restriction is usually put on the child’s activity?

A nurse recognizes that the parent of a child with developmental hip dysplasia needs more teaching when the parent places the child in a position that encourages:

The nurse assesses a client with a cast following a fracture of the radius and is most concerned about which finding?

Which complication involving leg length should a nurse anticipate in a client with developmental dysplasia of the hip?

The parents of a child with newly diagnosed developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) ask the nurse how their child developed this condition. The nurse explains that the greatest number of cases is caused by which condition?

The nurse observes a client who has a positive Trendelenburg gait. Which characteristic would indicate this gait?

Which finding would the nurse expect in a client with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)?

A toddler is immobilized with traction to the legs. Which play activity would be appropriate for the nurse to include in the plan of care for this child?

A child in a hip-spica cast needs to be toileted. How should the nurse position the child?

An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) asks the nurse how to care for a client’s hip-spica cast that has been soiled. What is the best response by the nurse?

Which intervention should a nurse perform in a 4-year-old child in Buck’s traction?

Which history finding is the most significant related to developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)?

The parent of an infant diagnosed with clubfoot is discussing the casting treatment regimen with the nurse. The nurse determines further instruction is not needed when the parent states that the cast will be changed:

Which instruction should the nurse include in the teaching plan for a 10- year-old child with a fracture of the radial bone?

A 13-year-old girl is suspected of having structural scoliosis by her school nurse. What should the nurse ask the girl to do to help confirm her suspicion?

A nurse is assessing an 18-month-old infant who’s in Bryant’s traction for a fractured left femur. The infant is properly positioned when:

A nurse determines that a client with a fractured left femur understands the instructions for touch-down weight bearing when the client makes which statement?

Which nursing intervention can be implemented to prevent foot drop in a casted leg?

Which observation by a nurse indicates that an infant in a hip-spica cast is properly positioned?