ADULT NEURO NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (437 QUESTIONS) 2024/2025 (VERIFIED ANSWERS).
_______is common after anesthesia Correct Answer: Diminished gag
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Altered in moods (anxiety, agitation) will resolve as it wears off
Drowsiness and somnolence during purposeful interaction- following commands
cause of botulism Correct Answer: Improperly canned foods
Block acetylcholine cause muscle paralysis; descending flaccid paralysis (face
downward), dysphasia, constipation
Occur if small infant (<1) eat honey, raw wild honey
Cause of Giardia Correct Answer: Contaminated water
Cause of E-coil Correct Answer: Water and food ingestion that is contaminated by
feces- HAND WASHING
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Correct Answer: Chronic, autoimmune disease,
progressive
Demyelination of cranial nerve and spinal cord (CNS) system
Period of remission and exacerbation
S/s: spasticity and incoordination, muscle weakness, and fatigue
Care: No cure, reduce symptoms. Steroid. Immunosuppressant like interferon
Assistive device, walking with feet apart, ROM, strengthening exercise, and
stretching, balance rest with exercise, avoid increase duration; dehydration and
extreme temp-stressor cause exacerbation; self-catch as spastic bladder
Guillian-Barre syndrome Correct Answer: Acute, autoimmune attack in the PNS
cause ascending muscle weakness and absent DTR, ARDS-life threatening
complication (inability to cough, shallow breath, difficulty breathing, hypoxia),
inability to lift head or eye brows
MONITOR RESPIRATORY STATUS IS MOST IMPORTANT
FVC golden standard for assessing ventilation- decline mean respiratory arrest
require ET intubation
ALSO sth important is that they cause impaired mobility, increase risk for DVT,
paralytic illeus, and even severe ANS-causing that headache and flushing
TX: respiratory support, plasmaphresis, IVIG
Tonic Correct Answer: Body stiffening
ADULT NEURO NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(437 QUESTIONS) 2024/2025 (VERIFIED ANSWERS).
Clonic Correct Answer: Muscle jerking
Atomic Correct Answer: Loss of muscle tone
Supraglottic swallow Correct Answer: Technique that allows them to have
voluntary control over vocal cords to protect themselves from aspiration
CN IX
_______ decrease risk of Ad Correct Answer: Smoking cessation, avoid excessive
alcohol intake, exercise reg, and participate in mental activities
Frontal lobe Correct Answer: Related to knowledge thing
Broca aphasia or expressive aphasia: inability to express words- after TIA or stroke
Executive function and personality
Behavioral change
Temporal Correct Answer: Auditory and past experience
Wernickle aphasia- receptive aphasia
Report a _________________ is a priority for GCS even if it is only change by
___ Correct Answer: negative trends
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Initial (means acute) phase of suspected stroke Correct Answer: CT scan, baseline
neuro assessment, and prepare tpA
Medulla oblongata Correct Answer: Rate and depth of respiration
Parietal lobe Correct Answer: Sensory problems-touch
Occipital lobe Correct Answer: Visual problems- coup-counter coup
Straining or Valsalva maneuver Correct Answer: Holding breathing when bearing
down
Contraindicated for pt with increased ICP, head injury, stroke, pt with anything can
increase abdominal and thoracic pressure- glaucoma, eye surgery, cirrhosis-portal
HTN, abdominal surgery, heart disease like MI
Spinal immobilization Correct Answer: NSAIDS
Neurological examination
Significant traumatic mechanism of injury
Alertness-pt maybe disoriented
Intoxication
Distracting injury-sth else distract pt from spinal pain
Spinal examination: tenderness over spine or neck pain on movement may be
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