Neuro - Test Banks - Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e Chapter 65 – 70

Neuro - Test Banks - Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e Chapter 65 – 70 Chapter 65: Assessment of Neurologic Function Chapter 66: Management of Patients with Neurologic Dysfunction Chapter 67: Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders Chapter 68: Management of Patients with Neurologic Trauma Chapter 69: Management of Patients with Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies Chapter 70: Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders 1. A patient is brought to the ER following a motor vehicle accident in which he sustained head trauma. Preliminary assessment reveals a vision deficit in the patients left eye. The nurse should associate this abnormal finding with trauma to which of the following cerebral lobes? A) Temporal B) Occipital C) Parietal D) Frontal - ANS:B Feedback: The posterior lobe of the cerebral hemisphere is responsible for visual interpretation. The temporal lobe contains the auditory receptive areas. The parietal lobe contains the primary sensory cortex, and is essential to an individuals awareness of the body in space, as well as orientation in space and spatial relations. The frontal lobe functions in concentration, abstract thought, information storage or memory, and motor function. Continues...