PNH 301 – Test 1 (Weeks 1–3) Study Questions and
Review Guide
- age
- gender
-ethnicity
- family history - correct answer ✔✔ non-modifiable risk factors
- diet
- smoking
- obesity
- sedentary lifestyle
- excessive alcohol
- stress - correct answer ✔✔ Modifiable Risk Factors
- hypertension
-heart disease
-transient ischemic attacks
- sickle cell disease
- diabetes
- hyperlipidemia
- previous stroke
- hypercoagulability - correct answer ✔✔ Risk Factors for Stroke
the higher the BP the higher the risk - correct answer ✔✔ Hypertension (Risk of Stroke)
,stasis of blood in the left atrium leading to thrombus formation - correct answer ✔✔ Atrial
Fibrillation (A-Fib) (Risk of Stroke)
higher risk of clotting - correct answer ✔✔ Sickle Cell Disease (Risk of Stroke)
increased total cholesterol is an increased risk - correct answer ✔✔ Hyperlipidemia (Risk of
Stroke)
- neurological assessment
- Glasgow coma scale
- stroke scale - correct answer ✔✔ How do you assess for stroke?
eyes, verbal, motor
Max- 15 pts
13-15 minor
9-12 moderate
3-8 severe - correct answer ✔✔ Glasgow Coma Scale
Looks at LOC, orientation, speech and motor function - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke Scale
Face (drooping)
Arms (weakness)
Speech (difficulties)
Time (within 5 mins) - correct answer ✔✔ FAST (Stroke Scale)
, Akinesia - correct answer ✔✔ Motor (Manifestation of Stroke)
inability to initiate movement - correct answer ✔✔ Akinesia
aphasia
dysphasia - correct answer ✔✔ Communication (Manifestations Stroke)
- Loss of speech
-impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area
(impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding). - correct answer ✔✔
Aphasia
difficulty swallowing - correct answer ✔✔ Dysphagia
- Anosognosia
- Agnosia
- Apraxia - correct answer ✔✔ Spatial Perceptual Altercation (Clinical Manifestations of Stroke)
- neurological condition in which the patient is unaware of their neurological deficit or
psychiatric condition - correct answer ✔✔ Anosognosia (Clinical Manifestations of Stroke)
unable to recognize and identify, person, or sounds using one or more of their sense despite
otherwise normally functioning senses - correct answer ✔✔ Agnosia (Clinical Manifestations)
the loss of ability to execute or carry out skilled movement and gestures - correct answer ✔✔
Apraxia (Clinical Manifestations)
Review Guide
- age
- gender
-ethnicity
- family history - correct answer ✔✔ non-modifiable risk factors
- diet
- smoking
- obesity
- sedentary lifestyle
- excessive alcohol
- stress - correct answer ✔✔ Modifiable Risk Factors
- hypertension
-heart disease
-transient ischemic attacks
- sickle cell disease
- diabetes
- hyperlipidemia
- previous stroke
- hypercoagulability - correct answer ✔✔ Risk Factors for Stroke
the higher the BP the higher the risk - correct answer ✔✔ Hypertension (Risk of Stroke)
,stasis of blood in the left atrium leading to thrombus formation - correct answer ✔✔ Atrial
Fibrillation (A-Fib) (Risk of Stroke)
higher risk of clotting - correct answer ✔✔ Sickle Cell Disease (Risk of Stroke)
increased total cholesterol is an increased risk - correct answer ✔✔ Hyperlipidemia (Risk of
Stroke)
- neurological assessment
- Glasgow coma scale
- stroke scale - correct answer ✔✔ How do you assess for stroke?
eyes, verbal, motor
Max- 15 pts
13-15 minor
9-12 moderate
3-8 severe - correct answer ✔✔ Glasgow Coma Scale
Looks at LOC, orientation, speech and motor function - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke Scale
Face (drooping)
Arms (weakness)
Speech (difficulties)
Time (within 5 mins) - correct answer ✔✔ FAST (Stroke Scale)
, Akinesia - correct answer ✔✔ Motor (Manifestation of Stroke)
inability to initiate movement - correct answer ✔✔ Akinesia
aphasia
dysphasia - correct answer ✔✔ Communication (Manifestations Stroke)
- Loss of speech
-impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area
(impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding). - correct answer ✔✔
Aphasia
difficulty swallowing - correct answer ✔✔ Dysphagia
- Anosognosia
- Agnosia
- Apraxia - correct answer ✔✔ Spatial Perceptual Altercation (Clinical Manifestations of Stroke)
- neurological condition in which the patient is unaware of their neurological deficit or
psychiatric condition - correct answer ✔✔ Anosognosia (Clinical Manifestations of Stroke)
unable to recognize and identify, person, or sounds using one or more of their sense despite
otherwise normally functioning senses - correct answer ✔✔ Agnosia (Clinical Manifestations)
the loss of ability to execute or carry out skilled movement and gestures - correct answer ✔✔
Apraxia (Clinical Manifestations)
