NURS 5220- Advanced Health Assessment- Exam 2 Questions and
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A patient is unable to identify A. Agnosia
their right
Inability to recognize familar objects or sounds despite having the sensory
from their left eye, which of
ability to do so.
the following is this?
A. Agnosia
B. Apraxia
C. Aphasia
Patient is unable to perform B. Apraxia
the task of
This is the inability to perform learned motor tasks, even through the desire
brushing their teeth for the
and physical capacity to perform the movement are present.
NP evaluating. Which of the
follow is this?
A. Agnosia
B. Apraxia
C. Aphasia
Which one of the following D. What does "A stitch in time saves nine" mean?
phrases can be used to test
Abstract Reasoning?
A. What is your name and date
of birth?
B. What are the three
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words I just said to you 5
minutes ago?
C. What did you eat for dinner
last night?
D. What does "A stitch in
time saves nine" mean?
What is Visual Agnosia? Lack of ability to recognize common objects and demonstrate their use in an
activity
A man is unable to recognize Occipital Lobe
everyday objects and faces,
what part of his brain is
affected?
A patient comes in to the Auditory Agnosia Temporal Lobe
office, you ask them to close
their eyes and identify the
sounds of the room door
opening and
closing. They misidentify the
sound. What type of Agnosia
is this and what part lobe is
affected?
What part of the brain is B. Cerebrum
responsible for a patients The cerebrum is primarily responsible for the pateints
mental status? mentals status, its divided into 4 lobes, each playing a
significant role.
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System
Which of the following A. Limbic System
controls behavioral
patterns essential for
survival such as emotions
and motivation?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
C. Reticular Activating System
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Which of the following C. Reticular Activating System
regulates the levels of
wakefulness or arousal?
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebrum
Reticular Activating System
C.
What is Aphasia? Loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain
damage.
Expressive Aphasia (Broca's Difficulty producing language
Aphasia)
Receptive Aphasia (Wernicke's Difficulty understanding language
Aphasia)
Eye Opening
What are the three things
Verbal
the Glasgow Coma Scale
Response
(GCS) assesses?
Motor
Response
For the Glasgow Coma Scale, 3-8
what range is considered
severe injury or coma?
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