Assessment of Neurovascular Status with rationale

[Julie Reyes, DNP, RN]

Here I am again....LOST.

I am trying to find a place to get RATIONALES from, and I feel like I have run into a brick wall. I have looked all over this website, all over google, and all through all of my books.

I am working on care of a client with musculoskeletal trauma. We have to state the rationales for the assessments/normal findings (already have those) for skin color, temperature, movement, sensation, pulses, cap refill and pain. I know what I would think is the right answer, but I am sure that my thinking is probably not that scholarly. For example, I would say:

skin color - assessment is to check the area at the site of injury and distal to the injury. The normal finding is no change in pigmentation compared to the other parts of the body. BUT WHY? well, cause that would mean that its NOT normal...ok, more like, if its red, then it could be infected. black/bruised/petechiae - internal bleeding.

Is there a site where I can find the rationales that sound more scholarly? My "iggy" med surg book and my jarvis books are no help with the rationale.

....is nursing school getting harder, or am i just getting cross eyed?!:dzed:

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/medical-disease-information-258109.html - medical disease information/treatment/procedures/test reference websites

if you are having trouble with the rationale of something, ask about it on the student assistance forum, please.