Nur-265 EXAM 4 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Level of consciousness Correct Answer: a measurement
of a person's arousability and responsiveness to a
stimulus
Orientation Correct Answer: Awareness of the objective
world in relation to the self
Alert Correct Answer: able to answer questions;
responsive; interactive
Lethargic Correct Answer: acting in an indifferent or
slow, sluggish manner
Obtunded Correct Answer: Client opens eyes to loud
voice, responds slowly with confusion and seems
unaware of environment
Stupor Correct Answer: a state of near-unconsciousness
or insensibility
Coma Correct Answer: state of profound
unconsciousness
,Delirium Correct Answer: an acutely disturbed state of
mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other
disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions,
and incoherence of thought and speech.
Aphasia Correct Answer: impairment of language,
usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to
Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area
(impairing understanding).
Dermatome Correct Answer: Area of skin supplied by a
single spinal nerve
Finger to nose/Heel to shin tests Correct Answer: Assess
the ability to judge the distance or range of movement
and differentiate between cerebellar and
somatosensory ataxia
Rapid alternating movements Correct Answer: Assess
coordination by asking person to pat the knees with
both hands, lift up, turn hands over and pat knees with
the backs of the hands. Then ask them to do it faster.
Normal Finding: Done with a equal turning and quick
rhythmic pace
, Reflex response grading system Correct Answer: 4+ Very
brisk, hyperactive with clonus, indicative of disease
3+ Brisker than average, may indicate disease or normal
2+ Average/ Normal
1+ Diminished, low normal, only occurs with
reinforcement
0 No response
clonus Correct Answer: muscle spasm or twitching
Babinski sign and Plantar reflex Correct Answer:
neurological reflex: the sole of the foot is stimulated with
a blunt instrument. In normal adults the plantar reflex
causes foot downward flexion. An upward
response/extension is Babinski response.
infants = normal reflex <12 to 24 months.
Adults = damage to corticospinal tract
Pronator drift Correct Answer: test of upper motor
neuron disease. The patient is asked to hold both arms
Answers
Level of consciousness Correct Answer: a measurement
of a person's arousability and responsiveness to a
stimulus
Orientation Correct Answer: Awareness of the objective
world in relation to the self
Alert Correct Answer: able to answer questions;
responsive; interactive
Lethargic Correct Answer: acting in an indifferent or
slow, sluggish manner
Obtunded Correct Answer: Client opens eyes to loud
voice, responds slowly with confusion and seems
unaware of environment
Stupor Correct Answer: a state of near-unconsciousness
or insensibility
Coma Correct Answer: state of profound
unconsciousness
,Delirium Correct Answer: an acutely disturbed state of
mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other
disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions,
and incoherence of thought and speech.
Aphasia Correct Answer: impairment of language,
usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to
Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area
(impairing understanding).
Dermatome Correct Answer: Area of skin supplied by a
single spinal nerve
Finger to nose/Heel to shin tests Correct Answer: Assess
the ability to judge the distance or range of movement
and differentiate between cerebellar and
somatosensory ataxia
Rapid alternating movements Correct Answer: Assess
coordination by asking person to pat the knees with
both hands, lift up, turn hands over and pat knees with
the backs of the hands. Then ask them to do it faster.
Normal Finding: Done with a equal turning and quick
rhythmic pace
, Reflex response grading system Correct Answer: 4+ Very
brisk, hyperactive with clonus, indicative of disease
3+ Brisker than average, may indicate disease or normal
2+ Average/ Normal
1+ Diminished, low normal, only occurs with
reinforcement
0 No response
clonus Correct Answer: muscle spasm or twitching
Babinski sign and Plantar reflex Correct Answer:
neurological reflex: the sole of the foot is stimulated with
a blunt instrument. In normal adults the plantar reflex
causes foot downward flexion. An upward
response/extension is Babinski response.
infants = normal reflex <12 to 24 months.
Adults = damage to corticospinal tract
Pronator drift Correct Answer: test of upper motor
neuron disease. The patient is asked to hold both arms
