Stroke: Nursing Care and Management Exam
Questions and answers
TIA Clinical S&S - ✅✅1) Weakness 2) Numbness 3) Aphasia 4) Visual Feld Cuts 5) Diplopia 6) vertigo 7)
Ataxia 8) Syncope
Hemorrhagic Stroke Clinical S&S - ✅✅...
Events that may precede Embolic Stroke - ✅✅1) A Fib 2) Valve Disease 3) MI 4) Endocarditis 5)
Rheumatic Fever
Events that may precede Hemorrhagic Stroke - ✅✅1) HTN 2) Aneurysm 3) AVM arteriovenous
malformations trauma or tumor 4) Coagulopathy
Source of Embolic Ischemic Stroke - ✅✅Stroke type usually from cardiac stroke 1)A fib 2) Valve
disease 3) MI 4) Endocarditis 5) Rheumatic Fever
Causes of Thrombotic Ischemic Strokes - ✅✅Plaque ruptures and a thrombus occludes vessel
Emergency Medical Care for TIA include - ✅✅1) ABCs 2) Rule Out a CVA 3) CT with or without
contrast, to rule out bleed, Never Aggressively LOWER bBP,
Intracerebral bleed defined - ✅✅bleed b/t dura mater and pia mater
Age population mostly affected by Transient Ischemic ( civilians - ✅✅Attorney)
Compare & Contrast Intracerebral bleed/ VS subarachnoid bl - ✅✅1) Sudden onset 2)Severe
headache 3) N/V 4) Change in Mental status/Decr LOC 6) Elevated BP
Components of the Neurological Assessment for Stroke - ✅✅1) LOC 2) GCS 3) Cranial Nerves 4)
Pupillary reaction 4) cardiac Hx
Questions and answers
TIA Clinical S&S - ✅✅1) Weakness 2) Numbness 3) Aphasia 4) Visual Feld Cuts 5) Diplopia 6) vertigo 7)
Ataxia 8) Syncope
Hemorrhagic Stroke Clinical S&S - ✅✅...
Events that may precede Embolic Stroke - ✅✅1) A Fib 2) Valve Disease 3) MI 4) Endocarditis 5)
Rheumatic Fever
Events that may precede Hemorrhagic Stroke - ✅✅1) HTN 2) Aneurysm 3) AVM arteriovenous
malformations trauma or tumor 4) Coagulopathy
Source of Embolic Ischemic Stroke - ✅✅Stroke type usually from cardiac stroke 1)A fib 2) Valve
disease 3) MI 4) Endocarditis 5) Rheumatic Fever
Causes of Thrombotic Ischemic Strokes - ✅✅Plaque ruptures and a thrombus occludes vessel
Emergency Medical Care for TIA include - ✅✅1) ABCs 2) Rule Out a CVA 3) CT with or without
contrast, to rule out bleed, Never Aggressively LOWER bBP,
Intracerebral bleed defined - ✅✅bleed b/t dura mater and pia mater
Age population mostly affected by Transient Ischemic ( civilians - ✅✅Attorney)
Compare & Contrast Intracerebral bleed/ VS subarachnoid bl - ✅✅1) Sudden onset 2)Severe
headache 3) N/V 4) Change in Mental status/Decr LOC 6) Elevated BP
Components of the Neurological Assessment for Stroke - ✅✅1) LOC 2) GCS 3) Cranial Nerves 4)
Pupillary reaction 4) cardiac Hx
