Exam 34: Chronic and Degenerative Neurologic Disorders

Which type of epileptic seizure is characterized by a sudden lapse of consciousness for 5 to 30 seconds?

A client is diagnosed with narrowing of the spinal cord.Based on which test did the primary health-care provider confirm this diagnosis?

A nursing instructor is teaching a group of student nurses about athetosis movements in clients with Huntington's disease.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective learning?

Which neurotransmitter dysfunction has been implicated in Tourette's syndrome?

Which pathophysiological condition particularly activates the trigeminovascular system?

Which neurotransmitter is depleted in clients with Parkinson's disease?

Which instruction should the nurse provide to a client who is prescribed an anticholinergic drug for symptomatic relief of Parkinson's disease?

In a client with Guillain-Barré syndrome,the health-care provider has found that the possibility of performing plasmapheresis is low.Which other alternative treatment can be recommended to this client to produce the same effect as that of plasmapheresis?

While reviewing the medication chart of a client,the nurse finds that the client is on a therapy to decrease the release of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate.Which disorder will the nurse suspect in the client?

The primary health-care provider is assessing a client who lost consciousness.Which assessment techniques would the nurse expect the primary health-care provider to order? Select all that apply.

Which diagnostic test is used to measure the brain and body activity during sleep?

Which client is expected to have status epilepticus?

The nursing instructor is teaching a group of student nurses about the most important intervention for clients with myasthenic crisis.Which statement made by a student nurse indicates effective learning?

Which statement relates to multiple sclerosis?

The nursing instructor is teaching a group of student nurses about the preventive therapy for migraine.Which client requires preventive therapy to be prioritized first?

Which statement by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching about cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)analysis?

The nurse is caring for a client who had a head injury in a motor vehicle accident.The client complains of lack of coordination and imbalance since the accident.Which part of the cerebrum would the nurse suspect to have been damaged?

The nurse is discussing the interictal period with a group of student nurses.Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective learning?

A client suffering from myasthenia gravis is admitted to the intensive care unit after being diagnosed with respiratory failure.Which factor could have precipitated this condition in the client?

After a theoretical session about edrophonium (Tensilon)testing,the nursing instructor asks a student nurse to perform the test in a group of clients with different neurological disorders.Which client should the student nurse choose to perform the test?