Exam 35: Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

The registered nurse is teaching about subdural hematomas to a group of student nurses.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective teaching?

Which disorder is associated with the compression of the bilateral nerve roots of the lumbosacral region?

The primary health-care provider prescribes myelography for a client who sustained a spinal cord injury.What is the rationale for this diagnostic test?

What is the cause of Horner's syndrome?

While caring for a client with a neck injury,the nurse finds that the client has no sensation in the arms and hands.Which disorder should the nurse suspect in the client?

Which symptom should the nurse expect in a client with a skull fracture in the frontal fossa?

The nurse suspects cerebral edema in a client with a cerebral contusion.Which diagnostic test will help in confirming the diagnosis?

A client with diffuse axonal injury is experiencing difficulty with speech.Which region of the brain does the nurse suspect to be affected?

The medical reports of a client who suffered an accident show injuries at the sixth thoracic vertebra.Which condition does the nurse suspect in the client?

The registered nurse is teaching about Brown-Séquard syndrome to a group of student nurses.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective learning?

The laboratory reports of a client who had an accident show a fracture in the temporal bone of the middle ear.Which type of fracture should the nurse suspect in this client?

What does interruption of the dorsal spinal cord columns cause in a client with spinal cord injury?

The registered nurse is teaching about the diagnostic tests for spinal cord injury to a group of student nurses.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching?

While reviewing the clinical history of a client with brain injury,the nurse finds that there is a bruising of the mastoid process behind the ear of the affected side.Which fracture should the nurse suspect in the client?

While assessing the extent of spinal cord injury in a client using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)impairment scale,the nurse concludes that the client belongs to category C.Which findings enabled the nurse to reach this conclusion?

Which factor can cause herniation of the brain stem?

Which statement made by the mother of the client with spinal cord injury made the nurse suspect an axial loading injury?

Which nerve is responsible for sexual function?

The registered nurse is teaching about neurogenic shock to a group of student nurses.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching? Select all that apply.

While assessing the motor strength in a client with a spinal cord injury,the nurse finds that the movements of the client are active against gravity.Which score should the nurse record?