Linton: Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 43: Connective Tissue Disorders
Answer Key – Open-Book Quiz
1. Therapeutic measures may include physical and occupational therapy, modification of
3. This device moves the joints through a set range of motion at a set rate of movements
4. Nonopioid analgesics, NSAIDs, disease-modifying drugs
5. Monitor body areas distal to the operative joint for circulatory adequacy by collecting
data about skin temperature, color, and peripheral pulses; check splints, dressings,
6. Inflammation of the synovial tissue; thickening of the synovium, fluid accumulation
8. Determine the patient’s ability to carry out ADLs, advise ambulatory patients to wear
good supportive shoes, provide canes or walkers if needed, keep the environment free
9. Increased serum urate levels, recurring acute attacks of arthritis, clumping of urate