STROKE NCLEX TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A
in promoting health maintenance for prevention of
strokes, the nurse understands that the highest risk for the
most common type of stroke is present in which people?
a. blacks c
b. women who smoke
c. persons with hypertension and diabetes
d. those who are obese with high dietary fat intake
a thrombus that develops in a cerebral artery does not
always cause a loss of neurologic function because
a. the body can dissolve atherosclerotic plaques as they
form
b. some tissues of the brain do not require constant blood
supply to prevent damage c
c. circulation via the circle of willis may provide blood
supply to the attected area of the brain
d. neurologic deficits occur only when major arteries are
occluded by thrombus formation around atherosclerotic
plaque
a patient comes to the ED with numbest of the face and
an inability to speak. while the patient awaits examina-
tion, the symptoms disappear and the patient requests
discharge. why should the nurse emphasize that it is im-
portant for the patient to be treated before leaving
a. the patient has probably experience an asymptotic la-
d
cunar stroke
b. the symptoms are likely to return and progress to wors-
ening neurologic deficit in the next 24 hours
c. neurologic deficits that are transient occur most often as
a result of small hemorrhages that clot ott
d. the patient has probably had a transient ischemic at-
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, STROKE NCLEX TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A
tack (TIA) which is a sign of progressive cerebrovascular
disease
which statement describe characteristics of a stroke
caused by an intracerebral hemorrhage> (select all that
apply)?
a. carries poor prognosis
a, b, c, e
b. caused by rupture of a vessel
c. strong association with hypertension
d. commonly occurs during or after sleep
e. creates a mass that compresses the brain
which type of stroke is associated with endocardial dis-
orders, has a rapid onset and is likely to occur during
activity?
a. embolic a
b. thrombotic
c. intracerebral hemorrhage
d. subarachnoid hemorrhage
what primarily determines the neurological functions that
are attected by a stroke?
a. the amount of tissue area involved
c
b. the rapidity of the onset of symptoms
c. the brain area perfused by the attected artery
d. the presence or absence of collateral circulation
right or left brain damage? aphasia, inability to remember
left
words, hemiplegia of the right side of the body
right or left brain damage? impaired judgment, quick and
impulse behavior, left homonymous hemianopsia, neglect right
of left side of body
the patient has a lack of comprehension of both verbal and
written language. which type of communication diflculty
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in promoting health maintenance for prevention of
strokes, the nurse understands that the highest risk for the
most common type of stroke is present in which people?
a. blacks c
b. women who smoke
c. persons with hypertension and diabetes
d. those who are obese with high dietary fat intake
a thrombus that develops in a cerebral artery does not
always cause a loss of neurologic function because
a. the body can dissolve atherosclerotic plaques as they
form
b. some tissues of the brain do not require constant blood
supply to prevent damage c
c. circulation via the circle of willis may provide blood
supply to the attected area of the brain
d. neurologic deficits occur only when major arteries are
occluded by thrombus formation around atherosclerotic
plaque
a patient comes to the ED with numbest of the face and
an inability to speak. while the patient awaits examina-
tion, the symptoms disappear and the patient requests
discharge. why should the nurse emphasize that it is im-
portant for the patient to be treated before leaving
a. the patient has probably experience an asymptotic la-
d
cunar stroke
b. the symptoms are likely to return and progress to wors-
ening neurologic deficit in the next 24 hours
c. neurologic deficits that are transient occur most often as
a result of small hemorrhages that clot ott
d. the patient has probably had a transient ischemic at-
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, STROKE NCLEX TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A
tack (TIA) which is a sign of progressive cerebrovascular
disease
which statement describe characteristics of a stroke
caused by an intracerebral hemorrhage> (select all that
apply)?
a. carries poor prognosis
a, b, c, e
b. caused by rupture of a vessel
c. strong association with hypertension
d. commonly occurs during or after sleep
e. creates a mass that compresses the brain
which type of stroke is associated with endocardial dis-
orders, has a rapid onset and is likely to occur during
activity?
a. embolic a
b. thrombotic
c. intracerebral hemorrhage
d. subarachnoid hemorrhage
what primarily determines the neurological functions that
are attected by a stroke?
a. the amount of tissue area involved
c
b. the rapidity of the onset of symptoms
c. the brain area perfused by the attected artery
d. the presence or absence of collateral circulation
right or left brain damage? aphasia, inability to remember
left
words, hemiplegia of the right side of the body
right or left brain damage? impaired judgment, quick and
impulse behavior, left homonymous hemianopsia, neglect right
of left side of body
the patient has a lack of comprehension of both verbal and
written language. which type of communication diflculty
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