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Which of the following are Numbness, pain, spasticity, fatigue, depression
the most commonly
reported clinical
manifestations of MS?
Select all that apply.
Aphasia
Numbness
Fatigue
Spasticity
Depression
Pain
The diagnosis of multiple Magnetic resonance imaging
sclerosis is based on
which test?
Magnetic resonance
imaging CSF
electrophoresis Evoked
potential studies
Neuropsychological
testing
,When providing discharge Avoid hot baths and showers
teaching for a client with
multiple sclerosis (MS), the
nurse should include
which instruction?
"Restrict fluid intake to
1,500 ml/day." "Avoid hot
baths and showers." "Limit
your fruit and vegetable
intake." "Avoid taking
daytime naps."
A nurse is providing Avoid hot temperatures.
education to a client with
newly diagnosed multiple
sclerosis (MS). Which of
the following will the
nurse include?
A client has been A disorder in which killer T cells and autoantibodies
hospitalized for diagnostic attack or destroy natural cells—those cells that are
testing. The client has just "self"
been diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis, which
the physician explains is
an autoimmune disorder.
How would the nurse
explain an autoimmune
disease to the client?
, Which is a chronic, Multiple sclerosis
degenerative, progressive
disease of the central
nervous system
characterized by the
occurrence of
demyelination in the brain
and spinal cord?
Parkinson disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Huntington disease
Multiple sclerosis
A client has an Reduced muscle spasticity
exacerbation of multiple
sclerosis. The physician
orders dantrolene
(Dantrium), 25 mg P.O.
daily. Which assessment
finding indicates the
medication is effective?
Increased ability to sleep
Relief from pain Relief
from constipation
Reduced muscle spasticity