The nurse is preparing communication for a provider. The client is experiencing acute pain in the anterior forearm. Distal to the injury, he is experiencing a "pins and needles" sensation. The pulse is weak and the skin is pale. The nurse suspects an emergent condition. What is it?

Choice A reason: Providing active range of motion (ROM) is not a treatment that the nurse can perform for a quadriplegic client. Active ROM means that the client moves their own joints without assistance. A quadriplegic client has paralysis of all four limbs and cannot move their joints voluntarily.

Choice B reason: Providing passive range of motion (ROM) is a treatment that the nurse can perform for a quadriplegic client. Passive ROM means that the nurse moves the client's joints through their full range of motion without resistance. This helps prevent joint contracture, which is the loss of joint movement and flexibility due to muscle shortening and stiffness. It also helps maintain joint mobility, which is the ability of the joint to move smoothly and freely.

Choice C reason: Turning the client every 2 hours is not a treatment that the nurse can perform to decrease the risk of joint contracture and promote joint mobility. Turning the client every 2 hours is a preventive measure to avoid pressure ulcers, which are skin injuries caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. It does not directly affect the joint function or movement.

Choice D reason: Administering glucosamine supplements is not a treatment that the nurse can perform to decrease the risk of joint contracture and promote joint mobility. Glucosamine supplements are dietary supplements that may help reduce the pain and inflammation of osteoarthritis, which is a degenerative joint disease that causes the breakdown of the cartilage and bone in the joints. It does not affect the muscle or nerve function or movement.

Choice A reason: The client instills the prescribed number of eye drops into the conjunctival sac is a correct action, because it ensures that the medication reaches the eye surface and does not spill out. The conjunctival sac is the space between the eyelid and the eyeball.

Choice B reason: The client washes her hands before instilling the eye drops is a correct action, because it prevents the introduction of microorganisms or foreign substances into the eye. Hand hygiene is an essential infection control measure.

Choice C reason: The client sets the cap to the eye drop container down in a manner that does not contaminate it is a correct action, because it preserves the sterility of the eye drop solution and prevents crosscontamination. The cap should be placed on a clean surface with the inner side facing up.

Choice D reason: The client touches the administration dropper to the eye is an incorrect action, because it can cause injury, infection, or contamination of the eye drop solution. The administration dropper should be held close to the eye, but not touch it.