A Familiarity with Basic Neurologic Assessment Tools Gives the Nurse

Multiple Choice

A familiarity with basic neurologic assessment tools gives the nurse the ability to perform a standardized neurologic exam that can be used preoperatively to establish a baseline assessment and postoperatively to establish a return to baseline or assess postoperative neurologic stability.The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is commonly used to assess patients with brain injury using three indicators of cerebral function: eye opening,verbal communication,and motor response to verbal and noxious stimuli.Within the scoring range for the GCS,the best possible score is _____,and the worst possible score is ______.

A) 15; 3
B) 12; 0
C) 3; 15
D) 0; 12