NURS 6035 Exam 2
Aphasia - answer impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding).
Expressive aphasia - answer The inability to produce language ( despite being able to
understand language)
orientation - answer awareness of self in relation to persons, places, and time.
Judgment - answer decision-making; ask what would you do if you were in a crowded
movie theater and a fire started
Abstraction - answer comprehension and judgment; ask to interpret proverb
visual agnosia - answer normal vision but can't recognize objects
tactile agnosia - answer inability to identify objects by touch; occurs with a lesion in the
non dominant parietal lobe
Praxis - answerability to perform a motor activity
Dyspraxia - answerDecreased ability to perform the activity. Patient hears and
understands the command but cannot integrate the motor activities that will complete
the action.
constructional apraxia - answerunable to draw or construct simple designs; examiner
draws a shape and asks pt to copy it
Retinal Detachment - answersudden painless loss of vision
compression of the optic nerve - answeracute painless loss of vision over a longer
period of time; common cause is glaucoma
Amaurosis fugax - answertransient visual loss lasting up to 3 minutes; common in
internal CAD
Migraine - answeroccurs in two phases (aura and headache); episodes may produce
transient episodes of visual loss; pulsating unilateral pain
Hemiplegia - answerparalysis of one side of the body; pt tends to drag or circumduct a
weak and spastic leg; arms if flexed at the elbow across the abdomen
Aphasia - answer impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding).
Expressive aphasia - answer The inability to produce language ( despite being able to
understand language)
orientation - answer awareness of self in relation to persons, places, and time.
Judgment - answer decision-making; ask what would you do if you were in a crowded
movie theater and a fire started
Abstraction - answer comprehension and judgment; ask to interpret proverb
visual agnosia - answer normal vision but can't recognize objects
tactile agnosia - answer inability to identify objects by touch; occurs with a lesion in the
non dominant parietal lobe
Praxis - answerability to perform a motor activity
Dyspraxia - answerDecreased ability to perform the activity. Patient hears and
understands the command but cannot integrate the motor activities that will complete
the action.
constructional apraxia - answerunable to draw or construct simple designs; examiner
draws a shape and asks pt to copy it
Retinal Detachment - answersudden painless loss of vision
compression of the optic nerve - answeracute painless loss of vision over a longer
period of time; common cause is glaucoma
Amaurosis fugax - answertransient visual loss lasting up to 3 minutes; common in
internal CAD
Migraine - answeroccurs in two phases (aura and headache); episodes may produce
transient episodes of visual loss; pulsating unilateral pain
Hemiplegia - answerparalysis of one side of the body; pt tends to drag or circumduct a
weak and spastic leg; arms if flexed at the elbow across the abdomen
