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A patient arrives at the emergency department with slurred speech, right facial droop, and right
arm weakness. Which of these actions by the healthcare provider is the priority?
A. Prepare the patient for a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head/
B. Prepare to administer a thrombolytic medication
C. Transfer the patient to the neurological care unit
D. Call the speech pathologist to the emergency department - correct answer ✔✔ A. Prepare
the patient for a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head
The healthcare provider is assessing a patient admitted with a diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke
affecting the right cranial hemisphere. Which assessment finding is consistent with this
diagnosis?
A. Bilateral Babinski's sign
B. Kernig's sign
C. Left-sided flaccidity
D. Right-sided spasticity - correct answer ✔✔ C. Left-sided flaccidity
The wife of a patient who is recovering from a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) tells the
healthcare provider, "My husband acts as though I'm talking to him in a foreign language." The
healthcare provider will correctly document this communication disorder as which of the
following?
, A. Dysarthria
B. Expressive aphasia
C. Receptive aphasia
D. Dysphasia - correct answer ✔✔ C. Receptive aphasia
A patient who is recovering from a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is experiencing bladder
distention, urinary frequency, oliguria, and leakage of urine. The healthcare provider suspects
these findings are related to which of these urinary problems?
A. Stress incontinence
B. Urge incontinence
C. Overflow incontinence
D. Benign prostatic hypertrophy - correct answer ✔✔ C. Overflow incontinence
A patient with a history of transient ischemic attacks (TIA) is prescribed low dose aspirin daily.
Which of the following statements made by the patient indicates the teaching about this
medication has been successful?
A. "I will call the clinic if I experience a ringing sound in my ears."
B. "If I experience stomach upset I can take the aspirin with an antacid."
C. "I can stop taking my anti-lipid medication now that I'm taking aspirin."
D. "I should use the enteric-coated aspirin to reduce the risk of bleeding." - correct answer ✔✔
A. "I will call the clinic if I experience a ringing sound in my ears."
A patient tells the healthcare provider, "Yesterday I felt numbness in my right hand, my vision
became blurry, and I felt like I was losing my balance, but after I laid down for about an hour it
went away." What is the healthcare provider's best response?
updated to pass
A patient arrives at the emergency department with slurred speech, right facial droop, and right
arm weakness. Which of these actions by the healthcare provider is the priority?
A. Prepare the patient for a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head/
B. Prepare to administer a thrombolytic medication
C. Transfer the patient to the neurological care unit
D. Call the speech pathologist to the emergency department - correct answer ✔✔ A. Prepare
the patient for a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the head
The healthcare provider is assessing a patient admitted with a diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke
affecting the right cranial hemisphere. Which assessment finding is consistent with this
diagnosis?
A. Bilateral Babinski's sign
B. Kernig's sign
C. Left-sided flaccidity
D. Right-sided spasticity - correct answer ✔✔ C. Left-sided flaccidity
The wife of a patient who is recovering from a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) tells the
healthcare provider, "My husband acts as though I'm talking to him in a foreign language." The
healthcare provider will correctly document this communication disorder as which of the
following?
, A. Dysarthria
B. Expressive aphasia
C. Receptive aphasia
D. Dysphasia - correct answer ✔✔ C. Receptive aphasia
A patient who is recovering from a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is experiencing bladder
distention, urinary frequency, oliguria, and leakage of urine. The healthcare provider suspects
these findings are related to which of these urinary problems?
A. Stress incontinence
B. Urge incontinence
C. Overflow incontinence
D. Benign prostatic hypertrophy - correct answer ✔✔ C. Overflow incontinence
A patient with a history of transient ischemic attacks (TIA) is prescribed low dose aspirin daily.
Which of the following statements made by the patient indicates the teaching about this
medication has been successful?
A. "I will call the clinic if I experience a ringing sound in my ears."
B. "If I experience stomach upset I can take the aspirin with an antacid."
C. "I can stop taking my anti-lipid medication now that I'm taking aspirin."
D. "I should use the enteric-coated aspirin to reduce the risk of bleeding." - correct answer ✔✔
A. "I will call the clinic if I experience a ringing sound in my ears."
A patient tells the healthcare provider, "Yesterday I felt numbness in my right hand, my vision
became blurry, and I felt like I was losing my balance, but after I laid down for about an hour it
went away." What is the healthcare provider's best response?
