A Patient Reports Joint Pain Interfering with Sleep and Morning

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient reports joint pain interfering with sleep and morning joint stiffness for the first hour after getting out of bed. Considering this report, what abnormal findings does the nurse anticipate during the examination?

• A) Abrupt onset of local tenderness, edema, and decreased range of motion of the shoulder and hip bilaterally
• B) Decreased range of motion of one hip and knee with pain on flexion and crepitus during movement of these joints
• C) Erythema in one great toe, ankle, and lower leg that is painful to the touch
• D) Hot, painful, deformed, and edematous wrists and peripheral interphalangeal joints bilaterally

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