Exam 22: the Neurologic System

The nurse assessing an 80-year-old attributes the slowed knee jerk reflex with which age-related change?

A student nurse questions the nurse about the difference between a quadriplegic and a tetraplegic patient.The nurse correctly reports that a tetraplegic patient:

During a physical assessment of the neurologic system,the nurse checks the patient's __________,which is built into the nervous system and does not need the intervention of conscious thought to take place.

The nurse may record a positive Romberg's test if during the test,the patient:

The crossed arms of the examiner when assessing muscle strength in a neurologic assessment is done in order to:

Matching The degree of consciousness in an otherwise unresponsive patient can be assessed by the use of progressive painful stimuli.Arrange the painful stimuli in the appropriate sequence of their application. -Step: 1

The nurse can be proactive in reducing neurologic injuries by: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse differentiates the sympathetic from the parasympathetic nervous systems in that the sympathetic system:

The component of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)that carries the impulse to the central nervous system (CNS)is the ____________ impulse.

A patient is admitted to the hospital to rule out the possibility of bacterial meningitis.Which test will be most helpful in diagnosing this condition?

The reflex that indicates an abnormality in the motor control pathways from the cerebral cortex is the __________ reflex.

The assessment of a patient's ability to think can be evaluated by asking the patient: