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TESTBANKS FOR NEURO EXAM
NEURO EXAM TESTBANK 2025/2026
– UPDATED NEUROLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS | EXPERT REVIEW A+
The Nurse assesses for which condition or substance use with clinical
manifestations of depressed nervous cellular activity
- ............ANSWER..........acidosis
Which deficit will the nurse expect to find in a client who has
experienced an injury to the frontal lobe of the brain?
- ............ANSWER..........Impaired judgment
In providing discharge teaching related to cardiac medications to the
client who has experienced damage to the left temporal lobe of the brain,
the nurse includes which information?
- ............ANSWER..........Sit on the client's right side.
The nurse monitors for which clinical manifestations in the client
receiving a medication that stimulates the sympathetic division of the
autonomic nervous system?
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- ............ANSWER..........Increased heart rate, increased force of
contraction
After performing a physical assessment on an older adult client, the
nurse notes that the client has a hypoactive response to a test of deep
tendon reflexes. The nurse incorporates which intervention into the
client's plan of care?
- ............ANSWER..........Assisting the client with ambulation
Which instructions will the nurse include for the older adult client with
diminished touch sensation?
- ............ANSWER.........."Look at the placement of your feet when
walking."
6. A nurse is taking the history of a client with damage to the second and
third cranial nerves. According to Gordon's Functional Health Patterns,
which pattern disturbance is this client experiencing?
- ............ANSWER..........Cognitive Perceptual Pattern
A client admitted the previous day for a suspected neurologic disorder
becomes increasingly lethargic. With which condition does the nurse
correlates this?
- ............ANSWER..........Decline in the client's central neurologic
function
The nurse requests the client to perform which action for assessing
remote memory?
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- ............ANSWER..........Name his or her date of birth.
Which technique will the nurse use to assess a client for pain sensation
using a sharp or dull instrument?
- ............ANSWER..........Test for sharp and dull sensation randomly.
During a neurologic examination, the client demonstrates a positive
Romberg's sign with eyes closed, but not with eyes open. The nurse
determines these findings to be indicative of which condition?
- ............ANSWER..........Difficulty with proprioception
In assessing pain discrimination, the client has correctly identified, with
eyes closed, a sharp sensation on the right hand when touched with a
pin. How will the nurse then proceed with the examination?
- ............ANSWER..........Touch the pin on the same area of the left
hand.
On assessment of the right plantar reflexes of an adult client, a nurse
notes that the client's response to this test is dorsiflexion of the great toe,
with a fanning out of all the other toes. Which is the nurse's next action
after assessing this new finding?
- ............ANSWER..........Relay this abnormal finding to other
members of the health care team.
The nurse monitors for which response when assessing the deep tendon
reflexes of a client with longstanding Diabetes Mellitus ?
TESTBANKS FOR NEURO EXAM
NEURO EXAM TESTBANK 2025/2026
– UPDATED NEUROLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS | EXPERT REVIEW A+
The Nurse assesses for which condition or substance use with clinical
manifestations of depressed nervous cellular activity
- ............ANSWER..........acidosis
Which deficit will the nurse expect to find in a client who has
experienced an injury to the frontal lobe of the brain?
- ............ANSWER..........Impaired judgment
In providing discharge teaching related to cardiac medications to the
client who has experienced damage to the left temporal lobe of the brain,
the nurse includes which information?
- ............ANSWER..........Sit on the client's right side.
The nurse monitors for which clinical manifestations in the client
receiving a medication that stimulates the sympathetic division of the
autonomic nervous system?
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- ............ANSWER..........Increased heart rate, increased force of
contraction
After performing a physical assessment on an older adult client, the
nurse notes that the client has a hypoactive response to a test of deep
tendon reflexes. The nurse incorporates which intervention into the
client's plan of care?
- ............ANSWER..........Assisting the client with ambulation
Which instructions will the nurse include for the older adult client with
diminished touch sensation?
- ............ANSWER.........."Look at the placement of your feet when
walking."
6. A nurse is taking the history of a client with damage to the second and
third cranial nerves. According to Gordon's Functional Health Patterns,
which pattern disturbance is this client experiencing?
- ............ANSWER..........Cognitive Perceptual Pattern
A client admitted the previous day for a suspected neurologic disorder
becomes increasingly lethargic. With which condition does the nurse
correlates this?
- ............ANSWER..........Decline in the client's central neurologic
function
The nurse requests the client to perform which action for assessing
remote memory?
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- ............ANSWER..........Name his or her date of birth.
Which technique will the nurse use to assess a client for pain sensation
using a sharp or dull instrument?
- ............ANSWER..........Test for sharp and dull sensation randomly.
During a neurologic examination, the client demonstrates a positive
Romberg's sign with eyes closed, but not with eyes open. The nurse
determines these findings to be indicative of which condition?
- ............ANSWER..........Difficulty with proprioception
In assessing pain discrimination, the client has correctly identified, with
eyes closed, a sharp sensation on the right hand when touched with a
pin. How will the nurse then proceed with the examination?
- ............ANSWER..........Touch the pin on the same area of the left
hand.
On assessment of the right plantar reflexes of an adult client, a nurse
notes that the client's response to this test is dorsiflexion of the great toe,
with a fanning out of all the other toes. Which is the nurse's next action
after assessing this new finding?
- ............ANSWER..........Relay this abnormal finding to other
members of the health care team.
The nurse monitors for which response when assessing the deep tendon
reflexes of a client with longstanding Diabetes Mellitus ?
