Exam 35: Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

A client who sustained a rear-end motor vehicle collision is admitted to the emergency department. Which injury should the nurse expect to be present in the client?

Which disorder is associated with the compression of the bilateral nerve roots of the lumbosacral region?

Which symptom should the nurse expect in a client with a skull fracture in the frontal fossa?

While caring for a client with a neck injury, the nurse finds that the client has no sensation in the arms and hands. Which disorder should the nurse suspect in the client?

The registered nurse is teaching about subdural hematomas to a group of student nurses. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective teaching?

The registered nurse is teaching about Brown-Séquard syndrome to a group of student nurses. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective learning?

The registered nurse is teaching about neurogenic shock to a group of student nurses. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching?

Which statement made by the mother of the client with spinal cord injury made the nurse suspect an axial loading injury?

A client with diffuse axonal injury is experiencing difficulty with speech. Which region of the brain does the nurse suspect to be affected?

The computed tomography (CT) scan of a client shows traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. What are the possible causes for this condition in the client?

While assessing the extent of spinal cord injury in a client using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale, the nurse concludes that the client belongs to category C. Which findings enabled the nurse to reach this conclusion?

What does interruption of the dorsal spinal cord columns cause in a client with spinal cord injury?

The laboratory reports of a client who had an accident show a fracture in the temporal bone of the middle ear. Which type of fracture should the nurse suspect in this client?

The medical reports of a client who suffered an accident show injuries at the sixth thoracic vertebra. Which condition does the nurse suspect in the client?

Which factor can cause herniation of the brain stem?

While reviewing the clinical history of a client with brain injury, the nurse finds that there is a bruising of the mastoid process behind the ear of the affected side. Which fracture should the nurse suspect in the client?

The nurse suspects cerebral edema in a client with a cerebral contusion. Which diagnostic test will help in confirming the diagnosis?

The nurse is assessing a client who presents to the emergency room with a spinal cord injury. Which finding in the client's reports made the nurse suspect central cord syndrome?

The primary health-care provider prescribes myelography for a client who sustained a spinal cord injury. What is the rationale for this diagnostic test?

What are the symptoms of Horner's syndrome?