Chapter 55 Assessment of Nervous System: 10 Edition
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Chapter 55: Assessment of Nervous System
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Question: When admitting an acutely confused 20-year-old patient with a head injury, which action should the nurse take?
- Question: Which finding would the nurse expect when assessing the legs of a patient who has a lower motor neuron lesion?
- Question: The nurse performing a focused assessment of left posterior temporal lobe functions will assess the patient for
- Question: Propranolol (Inderal), a b-adrenergic blocker that inhibits sympathetic nervous system activity, is prescribed for a patient who has extreme anxiety about public speaking. The nurse monitors the patient for
- Question: To assess the functioning of the trigeminal and facial nerves (CNs V and VII), the nurse should
- Question: Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with impaired functioning of the left glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) and the vagus nerve (CN X)?
- Question: An unconscious male patient has just arrived in the emergency department after a head injury caused by a motorcycle crash. Which order should the nurse question?
- Question: A patient with suspected meningitis is scheduled for a lumbar puncture. Before the procedure, the nurse will plan to
- Question: During the neurologic assessment, the patient is unable to respond verbally to the nurse but cooperates with the nurses directions to move his hands and feet. The nurse will suspect
- Question: A 45-year-old patient has a dysfunction of the cerebellum. The nurse will plan interventions to
- Question: Which nursing diagnosis is expected to be appropriate for a patient who has a positive Romberg test?
- Question: The nurse will anticipate teaching a patient with a possible seizure disorder about which test?
- Question: Which nursing action will be included in the care for a patient who has had cerebral angiography?
- Question: Which equipment will the nurse obtain to assess vibration sense in a diabetic patient who has peripheral nerve dysfunction?
- Question: Which information about a 76-year-old patient is most important for the admitting nurse to report to the patients health care provider?
- Question: The charge nurse is observing a new staff nurse who is assessing a patient with a traumatic spinal cord injury for sensation. Which action indicates a need for further teaching of the new nurse about neurologic assessment?
- Question: Which cerebrospinal fluid analysis result will be most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?
- Question: A 39-year-old patient with a suspected herniated intervertebral disc is scheduled for a myelogram. Which information is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider before the procedure?
- Question: The priority nursing assessment for a 72-year-old patient being admitted with a brainstem infarction is
- Question: Several patients have been hospitalized for diagnosis of neurologic problems. Which patient will the nurse assess first?
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