NCLEX- Neurology Questions and Answers. Latest 2020. A+ Rated.1. The nurse is reinforcing home-care instructions to a client and family regarding care afte
... [Show More] r cataract removal from the right eye. Which statement made by the client indicates an understanding of the instructions?
Answer: "I should not sleep on my right side."
2. The nurse is assisting with caring for a client after a craniotomy. Which is the best position for the client to be placed?
Answer: Semi-Fowler's position
3. The nurse is caring for a client following a supratentorial craniotomy, in which a large tumor was removed from the left side. In which position can the nurse safely place the client? Refer to Figures.
Answer: A
4. The nurse is preparing to communicate with an older client who is hearing impaired. Which intervention should be implemented initially?
Answer: Stand in front of the client.
5. Which intervention should be implemented for the older client with presbycusis who has a hearing loss?
Answer: Use low-pitched tones.
6. The nurse is preparing to reinforce a teaching plan for a client who is undergoing cataract extraction with intraocular implant. Which home care measures should the nurse include in the plan? Select all that apply.
Answer: To avoid activities that require bending over
To place an eye shield on the surgical eye at bedtime
To contact the surgeon if a decrease in visual acuity occurs
To take acetaminophen (Tylenol) for minor eye discomfort
7. The nurse is assisting in developing a teaching plan for the client with glaucoma. Which instruction should the nurse suggest to include in the plan of care?
Answer: Eye medications will need to be administered for the rest of your life.
8. The nurse is assigned to care for a client with a detached retina. Which finding should the nurse expect to be documented in the client's record?
Answer: A sense of a curtain falling across the field of vision
9. The nurse is assigned to care for a client with a diagnosis of detached retina. Which finding would indicate that bleeding has occurred as a result of retinal detachment?
Answer: Complaints of a burst of black spots or floaters
10. A client arrives in the emergency department after an automobile crash. The client's forehead hit the steering wheel, and a hyphema has been diagnosed. Which position should the nurse prepare to position the client?
Answer: On bed rest in a semi-Fowler's position
11. A client sustains a contusion of the eyeball after a traumatic injury with a blunt object. The nurse should take which immediate action?
Answer: Apply ice to the affected eye.
12. A client sustains a chemical eye injury from a splash of battery acid. The nurse should prepare the client for which immediate measure?
Answer: Irrigating the eye with sterile normal saline
13. The nurse is caring for a client after enucleation and notes the presence of bright red drainage on the dressing. The nurse should take which appropriate action?
Answer: Report the finding to the registered nurse (RN).
14. The nurse is preparing to administer eardrops to an adult client. The nurse administers the eardrops by which technique?
Answer: Pulling the pinna up and back
15. The nurse is caring for a client who is hearing-impaired and should take which approach to facilitate communication?
Answer: Speak in a normal tone.
16. A client arrives at the emergency department with a foreign body in the left ear that has been determined to be an insect. Which initial intervention should the nurse anticipate to be prescribed?
Answer: Instillation of mineral oil or diluted alcohol
17. The nurse notes that the health care provider has documented a diagnosis of presbycusis on the client's chart. The nurse understands that this condition is accurately described as which?
Answer: A sensorineural hearing loss that occurs with aging [Show Less]