NSG 6001 Week 4 advanced practice 1 Quiz questions

. What are the 3 kinds of CVA - Ischemic, hemorrhagic, and arachnoid 2. What is TIA - Mini stroke, and deficits resolve in less than 24 hours 3. 10% of TIA patients will have a stroke within - 90 days 4. Stroke is the ___ leading cause of death - 3 rd 5. T or F women are 1.75xs more likely to have a CVA then men - T 6. What are the risk factors for stroke - HTN, age, smoking, fam hx, race, prior cva, carotid stenosis, mitral stenosis, prosthetic valves, sedentary lifestyle, increased cholesterol 7. How many stroke pts regain functional independence - 50-70% 8. What is the percent of stroke survivors who die within one year - 25% 9. What differentiates TIA from cva - TIME DIFFERENTIAL 10. What is amaurosis fugax - Loss of vision described as curtains going down then up