NUR 502 Gwynedd Nursing Assessment Chapter 23:
Neurologic NCLEX EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
(RATIONALES) ALREADY GRDAED A+ LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027
A 70-year-old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in the
morning or after shes been sitting, she gets really dizzy and feels like
she is going to fall over. The nurses best response would be:
a. Have you been extremely tired lately?
b. You probably just need to drink more liquids.
c. Ill refer you for a complete neurologic examination.
d. You need to get up slowly when youve been lying down or sitting.
d. You need to get up slowly when youve been lying down or sitting.
Aging is accompanied by a progressive decrease in cerebral blood
flow. In some people, this decrease causes dizziness and a loss of
balance with a position change. These individuals need to be taught to
get up slowly. The other responses are incorrect.
,During the taking of the health history, a patient tells the nurse that it
feels like the room is spinning around me. The nurse would document
this finding as:
a. Vertigo.
b. Syncope.
c. Dizziness.
d. Seizure activity.
a. Vertigo.
True vertigo is rotational spinning caused by a neurologic dysfunction
or a problem in the vestibular apparatus or the vestibular nuclei in the
brainstem. Syncope is a sudden loss of strength or a temporary loss of
consciousness. Dizziness is a lightheaded, swimming sensation.
Seizure activity is characterized by altered or loss of consciousness,
involuntary muscle movements, and sensory disturbances.
,When taking the health history on a patient with a seizure disorder, the
nurse assesses whether the patient has an aura. Which of these would
be the best question for obtaining this information?
a. Does your muscle tone seem tense or limp?
b. After the seizure, do you spend a lot of time sleeping?
c. Do you have any warning sign before your seizure starts?
d. Do you experience any color change or incontinence during the
seizure?
c. Do you have any warning sign before your seizure starts?
Aura is a subjective sensation that precedes a seizure; it could be
auditory, visual, or motor. The other questions do not solicit
information about an aura.
, The two parts of the nervous system are the:
a. Motor and sensory.
b. Central and peripheral.
c. Peripheral and autonomic.
d. Hypothalamus and cerebral.
b. Central and peripheral.
The nervous system can be divided into two partscentral and
peripheral. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal
cord. The peripheral nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial
nerves (CNs), the 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all of their branches.
Neurologic NCLEX EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
(RATIONALES) ALREADY GRDAED A+ LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027
A 70-year-old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in the
morning or after shes been sitting, she gets really dizzy and feels like
she is going to fall over. The nurses best response would be:
a. Have you been extremely tired lately?
b. You probably just need to drink more liquids.
c. Ill refer you for a complete neurologic examination.
d. You need to get up slowly when youve been lying down or sitting.
d. You need to get up slowly when youve been lying down or sitting.
Aging is accompanied by a progressive decrease in cerebral blood
flow. In some people, this decrease causes dizziness and a loss of
balance with a position change. These individuals need to be taught to
get up slowly. The other responses are incorrect.
,During the taking of the health history, a patient tells the nurse that it
feels like the room is spinning around me. The nurse would document
this finding as:
a. Vertigo.
b. Syncope.
c. Dizziness.
d. Seizure activity.
a. Vertigo.
True vertigo is rotational spinning caused by a neurologic dysfunction
or a problem in the vestibular apparatus or the vestibular nuclei in the
brainstem. Syncope is a sudden loss of strength or a temporary loss of
consciousness. Dizziness is a lightheaded, swimming sensation.
Seizure activity is characterized by altered or loss of consciousness,
involuntary muscle movements, and sensory disturbances.
,When taking the health history on a patient with a seizure disorder, the
nurse assesses whether the patient has an aura. Which of these would
be the best question for obtaining this information?
a. Does your muscle tone seem tense or limp?
b. After the seizure, do you spend a lot of time sleeping?
c. Do you have any warning sign before your seizure starts?
d. Do you experience any color change or incontinence during the
seizure?
c. Do you have any warning sign before your seizure starts?
Aura is a subjective sensation that precedes a seizure; it could be
auditory, visual, or motor. The other questions do not solicit
information about an aura.
, The two parts of the nervous system are the:
a. Motor and sensory.
b. Central and peripheral.
c. Peripheral and autonomic.
d. Hypothalamus and cerebral.
b. Central and peripheral.
The nervous system can be divided into two partscentral and
peripheral. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal
cord. The peripheral nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial
nerves (CNs), the 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all of their branches.
