2. You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22year-old male patient who sust

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2. You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22year-old male patient who sustained a back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. He did not damage the spinal cord, but the computed tomography revealed a compression fracture at L-2 (lumbar area). David compl pain with numbness and tingling in the lower extremities. You identify the following nursing diagnosis: Impaired Physical Mobility. id Ramsey, a 22-year-old male patient who sustained a back injury ains of severe lower back (Learning Objective 4) a. What assessments are indicated based on this nursing diagnosis? b. List other major nursing diagnoses based on David's clinical presentation.

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a. Beacuse there is compression fracture of L2 there may be sciatica nerve compression which radiates pain in lower back region and tingling senstion in lower extremities

b. Diagnoses based on davids clinical presentation are:

Spondylolisthesis

Lumbar strain

Osteoporotic compression fracture

Spinal stenosis

Herniated disk.

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