Exam 27: Neurologic Disorders

The nursing assessment that would indicate a need for suctioning a patient with Guillain-Barré who is experiencing impaired breathing patterns because of neuromuscular failure is:

In caring for an unconscious patient who suffered a head injury 10 days ago,the nurse positions the patient to prevent the limbs from:

When a patient falls to the floor in a generalized seizure,the nurse should:

The nurse explains that the neural synapse refers to the:

The nurse explains that neurotransmitters,which support smooth neural transmission,are:

The nurse caring for a 90-year-old patient with a closed head injury would immediately report:

The patient in the emergency department states that she fell and hit her head and blacked out for a while but became alert again.Suspecting an epidural hematoma,the nurse will be diligent in the assessment of:

A patient with Parkinson disease is considering taking St.John's wort,an herbal remedy for depression,in addition to Sinemet and L-dopa.The best response is to make the patient aware that:

A patient who has a pacemaker might be ineligible for:

The nurse caring for an immobilized patient with a brain tumor stimulates the patient several times a day with range-of-motion exercises and changes his position every 2 hours to try to prevent a disuse syndrome,which includes:

To prevent a headache after lumbar puncture,the nurse instructs the patient to:

The nurse documents a normal finding from the Babinski reflex as the: