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a nurse is caring for a client who has a respiratory effort-the medulla in the brainstem control the respiratory center
brainstem injury. which of the following
physiological functions should the nurse
monitor
a.understanding speech -temporal lobe
b. respiratory effort-the medulla in the
brainstem control the respiratory center
c. decision-making ability-frontal lobe
d. temperature control-hypothalamus
a nurse is preparing a client for an EEG records the electrical activity to your brain. help provide info on seizure
electroencephalogram (EEG). when the disorder, sleep disorder, inflammation, bleeding and migraine headaches
client asks the nurse what this test does
which of the following responses should
the nurse provide
a nurse is caring for a client who is the client's ability to clear oral secretions to reduce aspiration
recovering from resent stroke. which of the
following assessments is the nurse's priority
a nurse is assessing a client who has a new severe eye pain
diagnosis of acute angle-closure halos around the light
glaucoma. the nurse should anticipate the blurred vision
client to report which of the following brow pain, headache, N/V
manifestations
a.multiple floaters
b. flashes of light in front of the eye
c. severe eye pain
d. double vision
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a nurse is caring for a client who has frontal-verbal expression of thoughts
expressive aphasia following a stroke. the
nurse should identify that stroke affect
which of the following lobes of the client's
brain
a.occipital- vision
b. temporal-understanding speech
c. frontal-verbal expression of thoughts
d. limbic-memory and learning
a nurse is assessing a client who report retinal detachment-no pain
vision loss. the client describes the loss as
beginning with a flash of light following a
curtain across the field of vision. the nurse
should identify that these manifestations
indicates which of the following eye
disorder
a.glaucoma
b. retinal detachment
c. macular degeneration- decline of central
vision
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d. cataracts-blurred vision/decrease color
perception
a nurse is caring for a client who has client is unable to understand words or sentences she hears
receptive aphasia which of the following
communication problems should the nurse
expect when assessing the client
a.the client can not name object or
formulate sentences or phrases--
expressive aphasia
b. the client can not articulate
correctly due to muscle weakness of the
mouth and tongue--dysarthria
The c.client is unable to understand words
or sentences she hears
d. the client speaks words that substitute
for those she intends to say--apraxia
a nurse is caring for a client who has a hypothalamus
cerebral lesion and develops hyperthermia.
which of the following areas of the client
brain is affected.
a.wernicke's area-- language and speech
comprehension
b. cerebral cortex--thought process and
higher function of brain
c. basal ganglia- motor control and
learning
d. hypothalamus
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new diagnosis of simple partial seizures
about
auras. which of the following statements
by the client indicates an understanding of
the teaching
a nurse is providing teaching to the family limit choices offered to the client
of a client who has stage II Alzheimer's
disease. which of the following pieces
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