Neuro nursing assessments
Neuro nursing assessments
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1. A patient with a head injury has a score of 5 on is unresponsive and co-
the Glasgow Coma Scale. The nurse interprets this to matose
mean that the patient: Hint ... refer to Jarvis (2008) p.
696-697
2. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for spinal cord.
mediating reflexes is the:
3. A patient with lack of oxygen to his heart will have The sensory cortex does
pain in his chest and also possibly the shoulder, arms, not have the ability to lo-
or jaw. Which of the following best explains why this calize pain in the heart, so
occurs? the pain is felt elsewhere.
4. A patient has a severed spinal nerve as a result of The adjacent spinal nerves
trauma. Which of the following statements is true in will continue to carry sen-
this situation? sations for the dermatome
served by the severed
nerve.
5. A nurse assesses a patient and finds flexion of the Decorticate posturing
arms, wrists and fingers and adduction of the upper
extremities. Which of the following describes these
findings? Hint ... refer to Jarvis (2008) p. 710
6. The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is frontal
concerned because she has noted a change in her hus-
band's personality and ability to understand. He also
cries and becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls
that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors
is which of the following?
7. A client is admitted after sustaining a C7 spinal chord Maintaining a patent air-
injury. What would be the most important nursing way
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Neuro nursing assessments
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_a3u22y
1. A patient with a head injury has a score of 5 on is unresponsive and co-
the Glasgow Coma Scale. The nurse interprets this to matose
mean that the patient: Hint ... refer to Jarvis (2008) p.
696-697
2. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for spinal cord.
mediating reflexes is the:
3. A patient with lack of oxygen to his heart will have The sensory cortex does
pain in his chest and also possibly the shoulder, arms, not have the ability to lo-
or jaw. Which of the following best explains why this calize pain in the heart, so
occurs? the pain is felt elsewhere.
4. A patient has a severed spinal nerve as a result of The adjacent spinal nerves
trauma. Which of the following statements is true in will continue to carry sen-
this situation? sations for the dermatome
served by the severed
nerve.
5. A nurse assesses a patient and finds flexion of the Decorticate posturing
arms, wrists and fingers and adduction of the upper
extremities. Which of the following describes these
findings? Hint ... refer to Jarvis (2008) p. 710
6. The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is frontal
concerned because she has noted a change in her hus-
band's personality and ability to understand. He also
cries and becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls
that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors
is which of the following?
7. A client is admitted after sustaining a C7 spinal chord Maintaining a patent air-
injury. What would be the most important nursing way
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