Exam 61: Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems

A 68-year-old patient hospitalized with a new diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome has numbness and weakness of both feet.The nurse will anticipate teaching the patient about

A 20-year-old patient who sustained a T2 spinal cord injury 10 days ago angrily tells the nurse "I want to be transferred to a hospital where the nurses know what they are doing!" Which action by the nurse is best?

A 32-year-old pregnant patient with Bell's palsy refuses to eat while others are present because of embarrassment about drooling.The best response by the nurse is to

A construction worker arrives at an urgent care center with a deep puncture wound after an old nail penetrated his boot..The patient reports having had a tetanus booster 6 years ago.The nurse will anticipate

Which nursing action will the home health nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with paraplegia at the T₄ level in order to prevent autonomic dysreflexia?

A nurse who works on the neurology unit just received change-of-shift report.Which patient will the nurse assess first?

The nurse will explain to the patient who has a T2 spinal cord transection injury that

Which finding in a patient with a spinal cord tumor is most important for the nurse to report to the health care provider?

A 33-year-old patient with a T? spinal cord injury asks the nurse whether he will be able to be sexually active.Which initial response by the nurse is best?

A 39-year-old patient is being evaluated for a possible spinal cord tumor.Which finding by the nurse requires the most immediate action?

Before administering botulinum antitoxin to a patient in the emergency department,it is most important for the nurse to

The nurse assessing a 54-year-old female patient with newly diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia will ask the patient about

A patient has an incomplete left spinal cord lesion at the level of T7,resulting in Brown-Séquard syndrome.Which nursing action should be included in the plan of care?