Final Exam: NSG120/ NSG 120 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Pathophysiology Exam Review with Questions and Verified Answers| All Units Covered| 100% Correct| A
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QUESTION
A client who is being seen in an outpatient clinic reports a single episode of unilateral arm and leg weakness and blurred vision that lasted approximately 45 minutes. The symptoms have completely subsided, and the client is now back to their baseline. The client most likely experienced which of the following?
Answer:
TIA (transient ischemic attack)
QUESTION
The nurses came for a client diagnosed with expressive aphasia after having a stroke how should the nurse explain expressive aphasia to the client's family?
Answer:
it's characterized by an impaired ability to speak or write fluently or appropriately
QUESTION
After a patient experiences a stroke specific local signs and symptoms are based on area affected these signs and symptoms including any of the following except what?
Answer:
Dyspnea
QUESTION
A client is admitted to the emergency department that has acute Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The nurse knows which of the following are characteristics of this disease? select all that
Answer:
· Autoimmune disease
· Often follows a viral infection or immunization
· Causes Semi-paralysis
QUESTION
The nurse is caring for a client with photophobia, fever, spontaneous flexion of the knees when the knees are bent, resistance to extension of the leg and hip flexed. which of the following does the nurse anticipate will be the diagnosis of this client?
Answer:
Meningitis
QUESTION
The client has a history of seizures and reports seeing flashing lights immediately prior to the seizure. The nurse should recognize this as which of the following?
Answer:
Aura
QUESTION
The client has reported pain localized to the right great toe additionally the radiographic reports revealed inflammation and uric acid crystals in the joint of the great toe. Which disorder do the client have?
Answer:
Gout
QUESTION
The nurse is conducting health screening for osteoporosis. Which client is at greatest risk? 65
Answer:
65-year-old woman who is sanitary and smokes cigarettes
QUESTION
While teaching a group of student nurses about different types of fractures the nursing instructor says the fracture is characterized by the bone being exposed to air through a break in the skin. Which type of fracture is this?
Answer:
Open Facture
QUESTION
The nurses caring for a client with left ankle sprain. The nurse knows that the best therapy to treat the inflammation that occurs with the sprain is which of the following?
Answer:
RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation)
QUESTION
Nurse is caring for a child with sickle cell anemia and experiencing vaso occlusive episode. Which of the following should be the primary nursing objective while caring for this child?
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