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Kuwait MOH Musculoskeletal, Skin & Wound Care Practice Questions
This topic covers fractures, orthopaedic surgery, pressure injuries and wound healing, including burns. Below are 5 free sample questions for the Kuwait MOH nursing exam, each with the answer and a rationale.
What this topic covers
- Neurovascular checks and compartment syndrome
- Hip fracture and hip replacement precautions
- Pressure-injury staging
- Wound assessment and healing
- Burns: rule of nines and Parkland formula
- Mobility aids and amputation care
The full bank has 70 musculoskeletal, skin & wound care questions, part of 1,500 questions across 16 nursing topics.
Free Kuwait MOH musculoskeletal, skin & wound care questions
1. Which are the classic 'Ps' used to recognise compartment syndrome?
- A. Pain, pallor, paraesthesia, pulselessness, paralysis and poikilothermia
- B. Pain, pyrexia, pruritus, pus, pallor and polyuria
- C. Pain, petechiae, puffiness, polydipsia, pallor and paralysis
- D. Pressure, pulse, posture, pupils, pain and pallor
Show answer and rationale
The 6 Ps are pain, pallor, paraesthesia, pulselessness, paralysis and poikilothermia (coolness); pulselessness and paralysis are late signs.
Reference: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing – compartment syndrome
2. Which is a major risk factor for osteoporosis?
- A. Long-term corticosteroid therapy
- B. Regular weight-bearing exercise
- C. Obesity in young adulthood
- D. High dietary calcium intake
Show answer and rationale
Long-term corticosteroids, oestrogen deficiency after menopause, smoking, alcohol, low body weight and inactivity increase osteoporosis risk.
Reference: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing – osteoporosis
3. Which finding is more typical of rheumatoid arthritis than osteoarthritis?
- A. Involvement of a single weight-bearing joint
- B. Symmetrical joint swelling with morning stiffness lasting over an hour
- C. Bony nodules at the distal finger joints (Heberden's nodes)
- D. Pain that worsens with use and eases with rest
Show answer and rationale
RA is a systemic inflammatory disease with symmetrical small-joint involvement and prolonged morning stiffness; OA causes use-related pain, brief stiffness and Heberden's nodes.
Reference: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing – arthritis
4. How should an elastic bandage be applied to shape a residual limb after amputation?
- A. With the greatest pressure at the proximal end
- B. In a figure-of-eight pattern with more pressure distally
- C. In circular turns tightest at the top
- D. Loosely, only at night
Show answer and rationale
A figure-of-eight bandage with graded pressure from distal to proximal shapes the stump in a cone for a prosthesis; circular turns can act as a tourniquet.
Reference: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing – amputation
5. On the fourth postoperative day, which finding in an abdominal incision suggests surgical site infection?
- A. A small amount of serous drainage on day one
- B. Mild itching along the incision
- C. Edges well approximated with slight pinkness
- D. Increasing redness, warmth, swelling and purulent drainage
Show answer and rationale
Surgical site infection usually appears 3–7 days after surgery with increasing redness, warmth, swelling, pain, purulent drainage and possibly fever.
Reference: Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing – surgical site infection
Study tip
Severe pain not relieved by analgesia after a fracture or cast is a red flag for compartment syndrome.
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