MDC 4 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. You witness a patient with stiffening and/or rigidity of muscles,
especially arms and legs, with immediate loss of consciousness.
What type of seizure?
Answer Tonic
2. You witness a patient with rhythmic jerking/relaxing of all
extremities.
What type of seizure?
Answer Clonic
3. You witness a patient with a sudden loss of muscle tone lasting a few
seconds, the patient dropped to the floor.
What type of seizure?
Answer Atonic
4. A patient is in recovery after a seizure, they are a bit confused and
their brain is recovering. May last minutes to hours.
,What phase of seizure?
Answer Postictal
5. A 25-year-old female is prescribed Phenytoin Sodium (seizure
medication). What is an example of patient education for this
specific population of pa- tients?
Answer Use alternative form of birth control
6. Bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and masklike face are clinical
manifestations of
Answer
Parkinsons Disease
7. The initial concern for a patient with Parkinson's disease is safety
due to
Answer
Risk for falls
8. A 30-year-old woman is experiencing double vision, trigeminal
neuralgia, ataxia, and spasms.
What do you suspect?
Answer Multiple Sclerosis
, 9. What medication is often used to treat spasms in a patient
with multiple sclerosis?
Answer Baclofen
10. A patient arrives in the ER with ascending paralysis.
What do you suspect?
Answer Guillain-Barre Syndrome
11. A patient arrives in the ER with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre
Syndrome.
As the nurse, you monitor for which complication due to ascending
paralysis?-
Answer Respiratory problems
12. What time of illness is believed to contribute to developing
Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
Answer Ebstein-Barr virus
13. A patient is experiencing a seizure that lasts longer than 5
minutes. What is this called and what type of medication do you expect
to give?
Answer Status Epilepticus; Benzodiazepine
ANSWERS
1. You witness a patient with stiffening and/or rigidity of muscles,
especially arms and legs, with immediate loss of consciousness.
What type of seizure?
Answer Tonic
2. You witness a patient with rhythmic jerking/relaxing of all
extremities.
What type of seizure?
Answer Clonic
3. You witness a patient with a sudden loss of muscle tone lasting a few
seconds, the patient dropped to the floor.
What type of seizure?
Answer Atonic
4. A patient is in recovery after a seizure, they are a bit confused and
their brain is recovering. May last minutes to hours.
,What phase of seizure?
Answer Postictal
5. A 25-year-old female is prescribed Phenytoin Sodium (seizure
medication). What is an example of patient education for this
specific population of pa- tients?
Answer Use alternative form of birth control
6. Bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and masklike face are clinical
manifestations of
Answer
Parkinsons Disease
7. The initial concern for a patient with Parkinson's disease is safety
due to
Answer
Risk for falls
8. A 30-year-old woman is experiencing double vision, trigeminal
neuralgia, ataxia, and spasms.
What do you suspect?
Answer Multiple Sclerosis
, 9. What medication is often used to treat spasms in a patient
with multiple sclerosis?
Answer Baclofen
10. A patient arrives in the ER with ascending paralysis.
What do you suspect?
Answer Guillain-Barre Syndrome
11. A patient arrives in the ER with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre
Syndrome.
As the nurse, you monitor for which complication due to ascending
paralysis?-
Answer Respiratory problems
12. What time of illness is believed to contribute to developing
Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
Answer Ebstein-Barr virus
13. A patient is experiencing a seizure that lasts longer than 5
minutes. What is this called and what type of medication do you expect
to give?
Answer Status Epilepticus; Benzodiazepine
