NUR 321 Exam III | Adult Health Nursing
and Pharmacology Test Review||
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
True or false: Cognitive decline is inevitable -CORRECTANSWER False
CVA -CORRECTANSWER Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
"Brain attack"
What is the number one risk factor for a CVA/stroke -CORRECTANSWER
Hypertension
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) -CORRECTANSWER Mini stroke
Deficits usually resolve within 24 hours
Increases risk for another stroke
Needs immediate evaluation and treatment
Ischemic (Occlusive) stroke -CORRECTANSWER Includes embolic and thrombotic
stroke
make up for 87% of strokes
Embolic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Caused by emboli or group of emboli that break
off and travel
,Cardiac sources (A fib, MI, valvular disease)
Very sudden onset, rapid neuro deficits
Arterial in nature
Thrombotic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Caused by ruptured atherosclerotic plaques
Slow onset
Hemorrhagic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Integrity of vessels are compromised and
bleeding occurs
Less common (13%) but more fatal
Right sided stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. Affects the left side
2. Impaired sense of humor
3. Disoriented to place and time
4. inability to recognize faces
5. Deficits to left visual field
6. Left sided paralysis
7. Impulsive, lack of awareness of deficits
8. Euphoria, constant smiling, overestimation of ability
9. Denial of illness, poor judgement
Left sided stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. Affects the right side
2. Aphasia, agraphia, alexia
, 3. Deficits to right visual field
4. Right sided paralysis
5. Slowness, cautious, anxiety
6. Depression
7. anger and frustration about altered intellectual ability
Mnemonic for warning signs of stroke -CORRECTANSWER F: Face (is it uneven)
A: Arm (is one hanging down)
S: Speech (is it slurred)
T: Time (call 911 immediately)
Assessment of a stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. LOC
2. Visual function
3. Motor function
4. Sensation and neglect
5. Cerebellar function
6. Language
Carotid endartectomy -CORRECTANSWER Go into carotid artery and remove plaque
to increase blood flow and perfusion to the brain
This helps prevent an imminent stroke
and Pharmacology Test Review||
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
True or false: Cognitive decline is inevitable -CORRECTANSWER False
CVA -CORRECTANSWER Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
"Brain attack"
What is the number one risk factor for a CVA/stroke -CORRECTANSWER
Hypertension
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) -CORRECTANSWER Mini stroke
Deficits usually resolve within 24 hours
Increases risk for another stroke
Needs immediate evaluation and treatment
Ischemic (Occlusive) stroke -CORRECTANSWER Includes embolic and thrombotic
stroke
make up for 87% of strokes
Embolic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Caused by emboli or group of emboli that break
off and travel
,Cardiac sources (A fib, MI, valvular disease)
Very sudden onset, rapid neuro deficits
Arterial in nature
Thrombotic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Caused by ruptured atherosclerotic plaques
Slow onset
Hemorrhagic stroke -CORRECTANSWER Integrity of vessels are compromised and
bleeding occurs
Less common (13%) but more fatal
Right sided stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. Affects the left side
2. Impaired sense of humor
3. Disoriented to place and time
4. inability to recognize faces
5. Deficits to left visual field
6. Left sided paralysis
7. Impulsive, lack of awareness of deficits
8. Euphoria, constant smiling, overestimation of ability
9. Denial of illness, poor judgement
Left sided stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. Affects the right side
2. Aphasia, agraphia, alexia
, 3. Deficits to right visual field
4. Right sided paralysis
5. Slowness, cautious, anxiety
6. Depression
7. anger and frustration about altered intellectual ability
Mnemonic for warning signs of stroke -CORRECTANSWER F: Face (is it uneven)
A: Arm (is one hanging down)
S: Speech (is it slurred)
T: Time (call 911 immediately)
Assessment of a stroke -CORRECTANSWER 1. LOC
2. Visual function
3. Motor function
4. Sensation and neglect
5. Cerebellar function
6. Language
Carotid endartectomy -CORRECTANSWER Go into carotid artery and remove plaque
to increase blood flow and perfusion to the brain
This helps prevent an imminent stroke
