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Assessment Exam D
3 Review Questio
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ns & Answers
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Questions & Answers D D
The wife of a 65-year-
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old client tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in
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her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and becomes ang
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ry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behavi
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ors is the
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A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
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A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE N
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URSE NOTES THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT
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CRANIAL NERVE(S)? D
A) Cranial Nerve I D D
B) Cranial Nerve V D D
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X D D D D
D) Cranial Nerve III - C D D D D
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which of these stat
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ements is true concerning areas of the brain?
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A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
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B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
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C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
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D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. - B
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The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best describes
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the response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact? The client:
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A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation. D D D D D
, B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
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C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
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D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength. - D
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During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is spinning aro
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und me." The nurse would document this as:
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A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity - A D D D
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that she has
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Dnoticed for the past week. which type of neurologic examination would be mos
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t appropriate for this client?
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A) Glasgow Coma Scale D D
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination D D
C) Neurologic Screening Examination D D
D) Complete Neurologic Examination - D D D D D
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when t
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he client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids
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, and escape of air from one side only when the nurse presses against the puffed ch
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eeks. This would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
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A) Motor component of IV D D D
B) Motor component of VII D D D
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
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D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII - B
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A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficul
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ty in maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could be due to dysfunction
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of which area of the brain?
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Assessment Exam D
3 Review Questio
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ns & Answers
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,Advanced Health Assessment Exam 3 Review D D D D D D
Questions & Answers D D
The wife of a 65-year-
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old client tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in
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her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and becomes ang
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ry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behavi
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ors is the
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A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
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A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE N
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URSE NOTES THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT
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CRANIAL NERVE(S)? D
A) Cranial Nerve I D D
B) Cranial Nerve V D D
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X D D D D
D) Cranial Nerve III - C D D D D
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which of these stat
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ements is true concerning areas of the brain?
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A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
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B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
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C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
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D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus. - B
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The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best describes
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the response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact? The client:
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A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation. D D D D D
, B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
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C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
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D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength. - D
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During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is spinning aro
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und me." The nurse would document this as:
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A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity - A D D D
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that she has
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Dnoticed for the past week. which type of neurologic examination would be mos
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t appropriate for this client?
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A) Glasgow Coma Scale D D
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination D D
C) Neurologic Screening Examination D D
D) Complete Neurologic Examination - D D D D D
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when t
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he client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids
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, and escape of air from one side only when the nurse presses against the puffed ch
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eeks. This would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
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A) Motor component of IV D D D
B) Motor component of VII D D D
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
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D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII - B
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A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficul
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ty in maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could be due to dysfunction
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of which area of the brain?
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