Exam 16: Disorders of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems and the Neuromuscular Junction

Patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis often have tumors or pathologic changes in the:

A major contributing process in CVAs is the development of atheromatous plaques in cerebral circulation.Where do these plaques most commonly form?

Who is most at risk of spinal cord injury because of preexisting degenerative disorders?

Patient teaching is considered successful regarding myasthenia gravis when the patient identifies its cause as being:

What is the main source of bleeding in extradural (epidural)hematomas?

Which assessment finding by the nurse characterizes a mild concussion?

A 65-year-old patient diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to uncontrolled hypertension appears drowsy and confused with pronounced focal neurologic deficits.This symptomology would place this hemorrhage at which grade?

Of the following groups, who are at highest risk for a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?

A 60-year-old patient with a recent history of head trauma and a long-term history of hypertension presents to the ER for changes in mental status.MRI reveals that the patient has experienced a subarachnoid hemorrhage.What does the nurse suspect caused this type of stroke?

A 69-year-old patient with a history of alcohol abuse presents to the emergency room (ER)after a month-long episode of headaches and confusion.The patient's history and symptomology support which medical diagnosis?

A 72-year-old patient demonstrates left-sided weakness of upper and lower extremities.The symptoms lasted less than an hour and resolved with no evidence of infarction.The patient most likely experienced a(n):

A 75-year-old patient experienced a lacunar stroke.When looking through the history of the patient's chart, which of the following would the nurse expect to find?

A patient presents with acute low back pain.There is no history of trauma.An MRI reveals that the vertebra at L5 has slipped forward relative to those below it.Which of the following conditions will be documented on the chart?

Immediately after being struck by a motor vehicle, a patient is unconscious, but the patient regains consciousness before arriving at the hospital and appears alert and oriented.The next morning the patient is confused and demonstrates impaired responsiveness.The patient's history and symptoms support which medical diagnosis?

After falling, a patient's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)was 5 initially and 7 after 1 day.The patient remained unconscious for 2 weeks but is now awake, confused, and experiencing anterograde amnesia.This history supports which medical diagnosis?

Most causes of encephalitis are which of the following?

A CT scan reveals that a patient has an open basilar skull fracture.Which major complication should the nurse observe for in this patient?

Upon autopsy of a 25-year-old, abnormalities in the media of the arterial wall and degenerative changes were detected.Which of the following would most likely accompany this finding?

A patient presents to a primary care provider reporting fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, and decreased consciousness.History includes a previously treated sinusitis.Which medical diagnosis is best supported by this assessment data?

Which of the following would increase a patient's risk for thrombotic stroke?