Stroke NCLEX Exam Questions and answers
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
b. women who smoke
c. persons with hypertension and diabetes
d. those who are obese with high dietary fat intake - ✅✅c
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. circulation via the circle of willis may provide blood supply to the affected area of the brain
d. neurologic deficits occur only when major arteries are occluded by thrombus formation around
atherosclerotic plaque - ✅✅c
a patient comes to the ED with numbest of the face and an inability to speak. while the patient awaits
examination, the symptoms disappear and the patient requests discharge. why should the nurse
emphasize that it is important for the patient to be treated before leaving
a. the patient has probably experience an asymptotic lacunar stroke
b. the symptoms are likely to return and progress to worsening neurologic deficit in the next 24 hours
c. neurologic deficits that are transient occur most often as a result of small hemorrhages that clot off
d. the patient has probably had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) which is a sign of progressive
cerebrovascular disease - ✅✅d
which statement describe characteristics of a stroke caused by an intracerebral hemorrhage> (select all
that apply)?
a. carries poor prognosis
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 - ✅✅a, b, c, e
which type of stroke is associated with endocardial disorders, has a rapid onset and is likely to occur
during activity?
a. embolic
b. thrombotic
c. intracerebral hemorrhage
d. subarachnoid hemorrhage - ✅✅a
what primarily determines the neurological functions that are affected by a stroke?
a. the amount of tissue area involved
b. the rapidity of the onset of symptoms
c. the brain area perfused by the affected artery
d. the presence or absence of collateral circulation - ✅✅c
right or left brain damage? aphasia, inability to remember words, hemiplegia of the right side of the
body - ✅✅left
right or left brain damage? impaired judgment, quick and impulse behavior, left homonymous
hemianopsia, neglect of left side of body - ✅✅right
the patient has a lack of comprehension of both verbal and written language. which type of
communication difficulty does this patient. have?
a. dysarthria
b. fluent dysphasia
c. receptive aphasia
d. expressive aphasia - ✅✅c
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
b. women who smoke
c. persons with hypertension and diabetes
d. those who are obese with high dietary fat intake - ✅✅c
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. circulation via the circle of willis may provide blood supply to the affected area of the brain
d. neurologic deficits occur only when major arteries are occluded by thrombus formation around
atherosclerotic plaque - ✅✅c
a patient comes to the ED with numbest of the face and an inability to speak. while the patient awaits
examination, the symptoms disappear and the patient requests discharge. why should the nurse
emphasize that it is important for the patient to be treated before leaving
a. the patient has probably experience an asymptotic lacunar stroke
b. the symptoms are likely to return and progress to worsening neurologic deficit in the next 24 hours
c. neurologic deficits that are transient occur most often as a result of small hemorrhages that clot off
d. the patient has probably had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) which is a sign of progressive
cerebrovascular disease - ✅✅d
which statement describe characteristics of a stroke caused by an intracerebral hemorrhage> (select all
that apply)?
a. carries poor prognosis
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 - ✅✅a, b, c, e
which type of stroke is associated with endocardial disorders, has a rapid onset and is likely to occur
during activity?
a. embolic
b. thrombotic
c. intracerebral hemorrhage
d. subarachnoid hemorrhage - ✅✅a
what primarily determines the neurological functions that are affected by a stroke?
a. the amount of tissue area involved
b. the rapidity of the onset of symptoms
c. the brain area perfused by the affected artery
d. the presence or absence of collateral circulation - ✅✅c
right or left brain damage? aphasia, inability to remember words, hemiplegia of the right side of the
body - ✅✅left
right or left brain damage? impaired judgment, quick and impulse behavior, left homonymous
hemianopsia, neglect of left side of body - ✅✅right
the patient has a lack of comprehension of both verbal and written language. which type of
communication difficulty does this patient. have?
a. dysarthria
b. fluent dysphasia
c. receptive aphasia
d. expressive aphasia - ✅✅c
