Stroke nursing questions with correct
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
What is an intracerebral hemorrhage? (HS) ✅✅When a blood vessel bleeds into
tissue deep within brain
What is an AVM? (HS) ✅✅A cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels in the brain
that can rupture
What is a cerebral aneurysm? (HS) ✅✅A ballooning of weakened region of blood
vessel that eventually ruptures & bleeds into the brain
What is a transient ischaemic stroke? ✅✅A temporary blockage of blood flow to brain
(mini stroke) due to blood clots
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
What is an intracerebral hemorrhage? (HS) ✅✅When a blood vessel bleeds into
tissue deep within brain
What is an AVM? (HS) ✅✅A cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels in the brain
that can rupture
What is a cerebral aneurysm? (HS) ✅✅A ballooning of weakened region of blood
vessel that eventually ruptures & bleeds into the brain
What is a transient ischaemic stroke? ✅✅A temporary blockage of blood flow to brain
(mini stroke) due to blood clots
