. What is the best way a nurse can assess if their client has altered brain function?
a. Normal cranial nerve assessment
b. Asking addition and
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c. Altered level of consciousness
d. Vital signs
2. What hormones help to raise the blood sugar level to help maintain homeostasis?
a. Insulin
b. Thyroxine
c. Renin
d. Glucagon
3. What are signs of meningitis? Select all that apply.
a. Nuchal rigidity
b. Headache
c. Photopia
d. Weight gain
4. What are the immediate clinical manifestations noted after a spinal cord injury? Select all that
apply.
a. Loss of deep tendon reflexes
b. Headache
c. Irritability
d. Flaccid paralysis
5. This is a cause of edema.
a. Polyuria
b. Dehydration
c. Hypotension
d. Decreased plasma proteins
6. What is the normal range for sodium?
135-145 mEq/L
7. What type of seizure will the client have a sudden loss of muscle tone, lasting for seconds,
followed by postictal confusion?
Atonic Seizure
8. Describe a cerebral aneurysm.
Dilation (ballooning) of a portion of a blood vessel
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9. What is amyotrophic lateralsclerosis?
Involves progressive destruction of motor neurons resulting in muscle atrophy
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10. What are the causes of hepatic encephalopathy?
Alcoholism
Please choose the tool you would use to assess your clients level of consciousness?
Glascow coma scale
If your client’s toes are pointed downward, and the head and neck are arched backward, we would
chart that posture as?
Decerebrate
What happens in our body during the fight and flight response?
Increased heart rate and dilated pupils
What is an early symptom of amyotrophic lateralsclerosis(ALS)?
Muscle twitching
Migraines are periodic severe headachesthat may be completely incapacitating?
True
What manifestations would you see with a client diagnosed with Parkinsons disease?
Muscle rigidity,shuffling gait, muscularrigidity, masklike facial expressions
What manifestations of Huntington’s chorea?
Abrupt, bizarre, involuntary dance like movements, decline in mental functions
Doesinsufficient circulating blood volume describe what is happening in the body that is experiencing
hypovolemia?
True
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