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NURS 354 Questions and Answers
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What is a TIA? Ans: Transient Ischemic Attack
Warning sign of impending CVA
What happens during a TIA? Ans: -temporary
neurological dysfunction
-brief interruption in cerebral blood flow
What is the often cause of a TIA? Ans: carotid stenosis
What assessment tool is used for a TIA? Ans: ABCD
assessment tool
What are genetic predispositions for CVA? Ans: -first-
degree relative with history of hypertension,
atherosclerotic disease, aneurysm
What are leading causes of CVA? Ans: -smoking
-obesity
-HTN
-Diabetes mellitus
-elevated cholesterol
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What is an acute ischemic stroke? Ans: You get a
blockage of the blood vessels in the brain causing tissue
necrosis
What is a hemmorhagic stroke? Ans: Stroke caused by
bleeding in the brain
What is the ABCS for CVA Health promotion? Ans: A-
aspirin use
B- blood pressure control
C- cholesterol management
S- smoking cessation
What is the stroke symptom acronym? Ans: F- face
drooping
A- arm weakness
S- speech difficulties
T- time to call (911)
What do we do during a physical assessment with
someone that had a CVA? Ans: -NIHSS
-Glasgow Coma Scale
-Assess for dysphagia
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-look for 5 common symptoms (confusion,
weakness/numbness, loss of balance, severe HA,
difficulty with vision)
What is the psychosocial assessment do we see with
CVA? Ans: -functional decline
-suicidal tendency
-sex difference
-rehabilitation failure
-1/3 of strokes survive
What labs do we look at for CVA? Ans: -hematocrit and
hemoglobin
-WBC
-glucose/HgA1C
-PT/INR/PTT
What imaging assessments are used during a CVA? Ans: -
CT (first thing!!!)
-computed tomography perfusion scan/computed
tomography angiography
-carotid duplex scanning
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NURS 354 Questions and Answers
Latest 2026
What is a TIA? Ans: Transient Ischemic Attack
Warning sign of impending CVA
What happens during a TIA? Ans: -temporary
neurological dysfunction
-brief interruption in cerebral blood flow
What is the often cause of a TIA? Ans: carotid stenosis
What assessment tool is used for a TIA? Ans: ABCD
assessment tool
What are genetic predispositions for CVA? Ans: -first-
degree relative with history of hypertension,
atherosclerotic disease, aneurysm
What are leading causes of CVA? Ans: -smoking
-obesity
-HTN
-Diabetes mellitus
-elevated cholesterol
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What is an acute ischemic stroke? Ans: You get a
blockage of the blood vessels in the brain causing tissue
necrosis
What is a hemmorhagic stroke? Ans: Stroke caused by
bleeding in the brain
What is the ABCS for CVA Health promotion? Ans: A-
aspirin use
B- blood pressure control
C- cholesterol management
S- smoking cessation
What is the stroke symptom acronym? Ans: F- face
drooping
A- arm weakness
S- speech difficulties
T- time to call (911)
What do we do during a physical assessment with
someone that had a CVA? Ans: -NIHSS
-Glasgow Coma Scale
-Assess for dysphagia
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-look for 5 common symptoms (confusion,
weakness/numbness, loss of balance, severe HA,
difficulty with vision)
What is the psychosocial assessment do we see with
CVA? Ans: -functional decline
-suicidal tendency
-sex difference
-rehabilitation failure
-1/3 of strokes survive
What labs do we look at for CVA? Ans: -hematocrit and
hemoglobin
-WBC
-glucose/HgA1C
-PT/INR/PTT
What imaging assessments are used during a CVA? Ans: -
CT (first thing!!!)
-computed tomography perfusion scan/computed
tomography angiography
-carotid duplex scanning
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