Health Assessment Neuro Questions With Complete Solutions

the two parts of the neural system are correct answer: central and peripheral The wife of a 65-year-old man tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries very easily and becomes angry. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviours is the __________ lobe. correct answer: frontal Which statement concerning the areas of the brain is true? correct answer: The hypothalamus controls body temperature and regulates sleep. The area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes is correct answer: spinal cord While gathering equipment after an injection, a nurse accidentally received a prick from an improperly capped needle. To interpret this sensation, which of these areas must be intact? correct answer: Lateral spinothalamic tract, thalamus, and sensory cortex A patient with lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. Which of these statements indicates that the nurse knows the best explanation for why this occurs? correct answer: "The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart; consequently, the pain is felt elsewhere." The ability that humans have to perform very skilled movements, such as writing, is controlled by the: correct answer: Corticospinal tract A 30-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficulty maintaining her balance. Which area of the brain that is related to these findings would concern the nurse? correct answer: Cerebellum Which of these statements about the peripheral nervous system is correct? correct answer: The peripheral nerves carry input to the central nervous system by afferent fibres and away from the central nervous system by efferent fibres. A patient has a severed spinal nerve as a result of trauma. Which statement is true in this situation? correct answer: The adjacent spinal nerves will continue to carry sensations for the dermatome served by the severed nerve. A 21-year-old patient has a head injury resulting from trauma and is unconscious. There are no other injuries. During the assessment what would the nurse expect to find when testing the patient's deep tendon reflexes (DTRs)? correct answer: Reflexes will be normal. A mother of a 1-month-old infant asks the nurse why it takes so long for infants to learn to roll over. The nurse knows that the reason for this is: correct answer: Myelin is needed to conduct the impulses, and the neurons of a newborn are not yet myelinated During an assessment of an 80-year-old patient, the nurse notices the following: the patient's inability to identify vibrations at her ankle and to identify the position of her big toe, a slower and more deliberate gait, and a slightly impaired tactile sensation. All other neurologic findings are normal. The nurse should interpret that these findings indicate: correct answer: Normal changes attributable to aging A 70-year-old woman tells the nurse that every time she gets up in the morning or after she has been sitting, she gets "really dizzy" and feels like she is going to fall over. The nurse's best response would be: correct answer: "You need to get up slowly when you've been lying down or sitting." During the taking of the health history, a patient tells t