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Stroke nursing Exam Questions and answers Give 3 symptoms of having a stroke - Face drooping Arm weakness Slurred speech What is an ischemic stroke? - When a vessel supplying blood to the brain is obstructed Give 2 types of ischemic stroke - Central thrombosis Central embolism What is the main cause of a hemorrhagic stroke? - Uncontrollable hypertension What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - When a weakened blood vessel ruptures & bleeds into surrounding brain

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Stroke nursing Exam Questions and answers
Give 3 symptoms of having a stroke - ✅✅Face drooping

Arm weakness

Slurred speech



What is an ischemic stroke? - ✅✅When a vessel supplying blood to the brain is obstructed



Give 2 types of ischemic stroke - ✅✅Central thrombosis

Central embolism



What is the main cause of a hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅Uncontrollable hypertension



What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅When a weakened blood vessel ruptures & bleeds into
surrounding brain



What are the 2 types of hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅Subarachnoid

Intracerebral



What are 2 types of weakened blood vessels that cause a hemorrhage? - ✅✅AVM

Cerebral aneurysms



What is central thrombosis? (IS) - ✅✅Where a blood clot forms within a blood vessel



What is central embolism? (IS) - ✅✅Where a blood clot forms at another location and breaks off into
the bloodstream



What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage? (HS) - ✅✅When a blood vessel on the brain surface ruptures &
bleeds into space between brain & skull

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