Exam 13: Intracranial Regulation

The nurse is caring for a patient with increased intracranial pressure. Which action is considered unsafe?

When caring for a patient after a head injury, the nurse would be most concerned with assessment findings which included respiratory changes along with what other findings?

Components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) the nurse would use to assess a patient after a head injury include which assessment?

Which assessment finding would be the earliest and most sensitive indicator that there is an alteration in intracranial regulation?

The nurse should teach a patient that which is a primary prevention strategy to reduce the occurrence of head injuries?

The nurse preparing to care for a patient after a suspected stroke would question which order?

After shunt procedure, the nurse would monitor the patient's neurologic status by using which test?