NURS 400

Neurological disorders NURS 400 FINAL Questions with Complete Solutions

1. A nurse in the ICU is planning the care of a patient who is being treated for shock. Which of the following statements best describes the pathophysiology of this patients health problem? A) Blood is shunted from vital orgAns to peripheral areas of the body. B) Cells lack an adequate blood supply and are deprived of oxygen and nutrients. C) Circulating blood volume is decreased with a resulting change in the osmotic pressure gradient. D) Hemorrhage occurs as a result of trauma, deprivin...

Chapter 22 Assessment of Respiratory Function correct answers 1. A patient is having her tonsils removed. The patient asks the nurse what function the tonsils normally serve. Which of the following would be the most accurate response? A) The tonsils separate your windpipe from your throat when you swallow. B) The tonsils help to guard the body from invasion of organisms. C) The tonsils make enzymes that you swallow and which aid with digestion. D) The tonsils help with regulating the ai...

Chapter 13 Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation correct answers 1. The nurse is providing care for an older adult man whose diagnosis of dementia has recently led to urinary incontinence. When planning this patients care, what intervention should the nurse avoid? A) Scheduled toileting B) Indwelling catheter C) External condom catheter D) Incontinence pads correct answers B 2. You are the nurse caring for a female patient who developed a pressure ulcer as a result of decrease...

What are disadvantages of IV medication therapy? correct answers -Circulatory fluid overload is possible if the infusion is large or too rapid -Immediate absorption leaves little time to correct errors -Infiltration -IVF administration can irate the lining of the vein -Failure to maintain surgical asepsis can lead to local or systemic infection Advantages of IV medication therapy correct answers ▪ Immediate action ▪ Precise Amount ▪ Constant therapeutic blood levels ▪ Allows us...

hearing loss signs and symptoms correct answers talking loud, positioning head with better ear facing the person they are listening to, asks people to repeat things that they are saying, blank look, risk factors of causes of hearing loss correct answers family history, congenital malformations, low birth weight babies, recurrent ear infections, bacterial meningitis, chronic exposure to loud noises, perforation of the tympanic membrane, use of ototoxic substances and medications, ottotoxic ...

What is hydrocephalus? correct answers Hydrocephalus is the excessive accumulation of CSF that increases intracranial pressure. -Blockage in flow of CSF through ventricles of brain or when cannot be absorbed by arachnoid villi. What types of substances are able to directly cross the blood-brain barrier? correct answers Lipophilic substances are able to cross the blood-brain barrier directly and enter the brain. *Water crosses membrane by simple diffusion. Most nutrients cross blood brain ba...

What is the distance of personal zone space that should be maintained during an interpersonal interaction in Western culture? correct answers 18 inches to 3 feet Which aspect of communication is categorized into paralanguage? correct answers Intonation Which disorder is an example for psychoneurotic response to severe anxiety? correct answers Conversion disorder Following an accident, the health-care provider schedules surgery for an 8-year-old child. Which intervention should the nurse...

vagina correct answers elastic muscular tube. Elasticity causes it to be able to give birth. cervix correct answers menstrual cycle: firm, position low, and closed approaching ovulation: soft, rises open because of high levels of estrogen. cervical mucous correct answers appears after period, prior to ovulation mucous thins and pH increases. After ovulation mucous is thicker because lower pH. uterus correct answers Main function is to accept a fertilized egg which becomes implanted in ...

Major transmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system correct answers Acetylcholine Major transmitter of the sympathetic nervous system correct answers Norepinephrine Source and action of Acetylcholine correct answers S:Many areas of the brain; autonomic nervous system A:Usually excitatory; parasympathetic effects sometimes inhibitory (stimulation of vagal nerve) Source and action of serotonin correct answers source: brain stem, hypothalamus, dorsal horn of the spinal cord action: i...