ENA Emergency Nursing: Head Trauma
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Which finding is a late sign of increased intracranial pressure? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Irregular respiratory pattern
Which lobe controls abstract thought?
A. Frontal
B. Parietal
C. Occipital
D. Temporal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
Which injury is characterized by a brief loss of consciousness followed by a
lucid period? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Epidural hematoma
In which location is cerebrospinal fluid manufactured?
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,A. Arachnoid
B. Bridging veins
C. Choroid plexus
D. Diencephalon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔c
Which lobe controls abstract thought? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Frontal
Which part of the brain regulates behaviors, such as rage?
A. Diencephalon
B. Midbrain
C. Brainstem
D. Reticular activating system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
For a patient receiving mannitol (Osmitrol), which intervention should you
perform? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Insert an indwelling urinary catheter.
Which cranial nerve is responsible for the gag reflex?
A. Cranial nerve V (trigeminal nerve)
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, B. Cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)
C. Cranial nerve X (vagus nerve)
D. Cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal nerve) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔c
In a patient with a diffuse axonal injury in a prolonged coma, autonomic
dysfunction causes which finding? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Autonomic dysfunction
causes excessive sweating, hyperthermia, and hypertension.
Which drug decreases cerebral metabolism and oxygen consumption in a
patient with a head injury?
A. Propofol (Diprivan)
B. Ketamine (Ketalar)
C. Mannitol (Osmitrol)
D. Norepinephrine (Levophed) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
Where is the pons located? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The infratentorial compartment
contains the cerebellum, midbrain, pons, and medulla. The supratentorial
compartment contains the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum and
the diencephalon, which connects the cerebrum and the midbrain.
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Which finding is a late sign of increased intracranial pressure? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Irregular respiratory pattern
Which lobe controls abstract thought?
A. Frontal
B. Parietal
C. Occipital
D. Temporal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
Which injury is characterized by a brief loss of consciousness followed by a
lucid period? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Epidural hematoma
In which location is cerebrospinal fluid manufactured?
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,A. Arachnoid
B. Bridging veins
C. Choroid plexus
D. Diencephalon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔c
Which lobe controls abstract thought? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Frontal
Which part of the brain regulates behaviors, such as rage?
A. Diencephalon
B. Midbrain
C. Brainstem
D. Reticular activating system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
For a patient receiving mannitol (Osmitrol), which intervention should you
perform? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Insert an indwelling urinary catheter.
Which cranial nerve is responsible for the gag reflex?
A. Cranial nerve V (trigeminal nerve)
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, B. Cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)
C. Cranial nerve X (vagus nerve)
D. Cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal nerve) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔c
In a patient with a diffuse axonal injury in a prolonged coma, autonomic
dysfunction causes which finding? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Autonomic dysfunction
causes excessive sweating, hyperthermia, and hypertension.
Which drug decreases cerebral metabolism and oxygen consumption in a
patient with a head injury?
A. Propofol (Diprivan)
B. Ketamine (Ketalar)
C. Mannitol (Osmitrol)
D. Norepinephrine (Levophed) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a
Where is the pons located? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The infratentorial compartment
contains the cerebellum, midbrain, pons, and medulla. The supratentorial
compartment contains the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum and
the diencephalon, which connects the cerebrum and the midbrain.
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