Neuro NCLEX Questions Q&A
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1. The nurse performs an initial B. Altered balance
baseline neurologic assessment Rationale: As a person ages, normal physiologic changes
on an older client. Which of occur, such as altered balance and decreased coordination;
the following findings would the therefore, Choice B is correct.
nurse expect for this client?
A. Long-term memory loss
B. Altered balance
C. Inability to ambulate
D. Acute confusion
2. The nurse assesses a nonrespon- D. The client is comatose.
sive client using the Glasgow Rationale: Any total score below 7 indicates that the client
Coma Scale and determines the is in a coma; therefore, Choice D is the correct response.
client's total score is 6. How
would the nurse interpret this
finding?
A. The client is alert and awake.
B. The client is drowsy and lethar-
gic.
C. The client is stuporous.
D. The client is comatose.
3. The nurse is caring for a client A. Level of consciousness
who recently had a traumatic Rationale: A decline in the client's level of consciousness is
brain injury but has been alert the most important and reliable early assessment the nurse
and oriented all day. Which of the would monitor (Choice A).
following assessments would the
nurse carefully monitor to detect
early changes in the client's con-
dition?
A. Level of consciousness
B. Cranial nerve status
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C. Movement
D. Sensation
4. The nurse is caring for a client C. Blood pressure and pulse
who returned from the inter- Rationale: The most life-threatening complication of cere-
ventional radiology suite after bral angiography is bleeding at the injection entry site.
cerebral angiography. Which of If bleeding occurs internally, the client's blood pressure
the following is the most impor- would likely decrease due to loss of fluid volume and the
tant assessment for the nurse to heart rate would increase to circulate a decreased amount
monitor? of blood throughout the body more quickly to oxygenate
A. Pain level vital organs. Therefore, Choice C is correct.
B. Allergic response to contrast
medium
C. Blood pressure and pulse
D. Cranial nerve status
5. The nurse assesses a client with a C. Is unable to balance the checkbook
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease F. Cannot identify time, place, and event
(AD). Which of the following as- Rationale: Choices C and F are very typical behaviors that
sessment findings would demon- occur in the moderate stage of the disease and are there-
strate the client has progressed fore the correct responses.
to the moderate stage? Select all
that apply.
A. Unable to dress self
B. Forgets neighbors' names
C. Is unable to balance the check-
book
D. Demonstrates agnosia
E. Gets lost when traveling to fa-
miliar places
F. Cannot identify time, place,
and event
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Neuro NCLEX Questions
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1. The nurse performs an initial B. Altered balance
baseline neurologic assessment Rationale: As a person ages, normal physiologic changes
on an older client. Which of occur, such as altered balance and decreased coordination;
the following findings would the therefore, Choice B is correct.
nurse expect for this client?
A. Long-term memory loss
B. Altered balance
C. Inability to ambulate
D. Acute confusion
2. The nurse assesses a nonrespon- D. The client is comatose.
sive client using the Glasgow Rationale: Any total score below 7 indicates that the client
Coma Scale and determines the is in a coma; therefore, Choice D is the correct response.
client's total score is 6. How
would the nurse interpret this
finding?
A. The client is alert and awake.
B. The client is drowsy and lethar-
gic.
C. The client is stuporous.
D. The client is comatose.
3. The nurse is caring for a client A. Level of consciousness
who recently had a traumatic Rationale: A decline in the client's level of consciousness is
brain injury but has been alert the most important and reliable early assessment the nurse
and oriented all day. Which of the would monitor (Choice A).
following assessments would the
nurse carefully monitor to detect
early changes in the client's con-
dition?
A. Level of consciousness
B. Cranial nerve status
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C. Movement
D. Sensation
4. The nurse is caring for a client C. Blood pressure and pulse
who returned from the inter- Rationale: The most life-threatening complication of cere-
ventional radiology suite after bral angiography is bleeding at the injection entry site.
cerebral angiography. Which of If bleeding occurs internally, the client's blood pressure
the following is the most impor- would likely decrease due to loss of fluid volume and the
tant assessment for the nurse to heart rate would increase to circulate a decreased amount
monitor? of blood throughout the body more quickly to oxygenate
A. Pain level vital organs. Therefore, Choice C is correct.
B. Allergic response to contrast
medium
C. Blood pressure and pulse
D. Cranial nerve status
5. The nurse assesses a client with a C. Is unable to balance the checkbook
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease F. Cannot identify time, place, and event
(AD). Which of the following as- Rationale: Choices C and F are very typical behaviors that
sessment findings would demon- occur in the moderate stage of the disease and are there-
strate the client has progressed fore the correct responses.
to the moderate stage? Select all
that apply.
A. Unable to dress self
B. Forgets neighbors' names
C. Is unable to balance the check-
book
D. Demonstrates agnosia
E. Gets lost when traveling to fa-
miliar places
F. Cannot identify time, place,
and event
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