NURSING 6440 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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QUESTIONS NEUROLOGY • The level of consciousness that refers to the ability of the patient to respond fully and appropriately to stimuli is known as: • When assessing the patient’s sense of ... position, instruct the patient to first stand with his feet together and eyes open, then instruct him to close both eye for 30-60 seconds. If he loses his balance with his eyes closed, this is: • When comparing two sides of the body for symmetric sensation a symmetrical distal sensory loss would be suggestive of: • A female patient complains of weakness in her arm when combing her hair. This finding could be suggestive of which type of weakness pattern? • Having the patient shrug his shoulders and elicit neck movements would be testing cranial nerve: • It is imperative to assess for suicidality and bipolar disorder in patients suspected of experiencing: • Which one of the following procedures should NOT be performed in a comatose patient? • With the adult patient laying supine, the nurse practitioner flexes that patient’s leg at both the hip and the knee and the straightens the knee. Pain and increased resistance to extending the knee is noted. This is a positive: • The part of the brain that controls most functions in the body and is responsible for breathing, heart rate, and articulate speech is th • The patient has his eyes closed and an area on his right leg is briefly touched by the nurse practitioner. The patient is instructed to open his eyes and point to the area that was touched. This is an example of the discriminative sensation known as: • What geriatric condition is characterized by normal alertness but progressive global deterioration of cognition in multiple domains? • Which one of the following assesses pain, temperature, and sensation using the distal and proximal areas testing pattern? • An 8-month-old with a significant head lag would suggest the need for • A form of aphasia in which the speech is confluent, slow, with few words and laborious effort and inflection and articulation are impaired but words are meaningful, is termed: • With the patient lying supine, the nurse practitioner places her hands behind the patient’s head while flexing the neck forward until his chin touches his chest. Neck stiffness with resistance to flexion is noted. This is a positive: • When assessing coordination of muscles movement, four areas of the nervous system function in a integrate way. These areas include the motor, cerebellar, the vestibular, and the sensory systems. Which system coordinates a steady posture? • The level of consciousness that refers to the patient that remains unarousable with eyes closed without evidence of response to inner need or external stimuli is said to be in: • Hypesthesia refers to: • A female patient complaint of weakness in both arms when transferring the wet clothes from the washer and placing them in the dryer. This finding could be suggestive of which type of weakness pattern? • A 80-year-old male visits the nurse practitioner for an annual well exam. History reveals two falls in the prior 12 months and difficulty with balance. The next step the nurse practitioner should take is: • Fasciculations in atrophic muscles suggests: • A tension headache presents with pain in the: • An example of tandem walking is having the patient: • By placing the patient in the supine position, the nurse practitioner raises the patient’s relaxed and straightened leg while flexing the leg at the hip, and the dorsiflexes the foot. This maneuver is known as: • A discriminative sensation that described that ability to identify an object by feeling it is: • The best method of detecting cognitive impairment or intellectual disability at an early age is by: assessment of the achievement of development milestones • Symptoms of a subdural hematoma include: • The part of the brain tissue that rims the surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres, forming the cerebral cortex is known as the: • The patient experiences a sudden loss of consciousness with falling without movements and injury may occur. This type of seizure is consistent with: • A patient is noted as lying supine with the jaws clenched and the neck extended with the arms adducted and stiffly extended at the elbows. His forearms are pronated, wrists and fingers flexed. The legs are extended at the knees and the feet are plantar flexed. This position is consistent with: • When assessing abdominal cutaneous reflexes, the nurse practitioner strokes the lower abdomen, the localized twitch is absent. This finding could be suggestive of a pathologic lesion in which segmented level of the spine? • An older adult presenting with signs of undernourishment, slowed motor performance, and loss of muscle mass or weakness suggests: • Symmetric weakness of the proximal muscles of the legs suggests a: • Aphasia refers to: • The part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates muscle movement and response to the sensations of pain and touch is the: • Assessment findings in an infant with increased intracranial pressure would include: • What is an example of a disease or condition that appears in a dermatomal pattern? • Common physical findings in a young child with cerebral palsy include which one of the following? • The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary actions is known as the: • Ptosis of the left eye would be suggestive of damage to which cranial nerve? • A patient who is being evaluated for frequent headaches, mentions that the headache worsens with coughing, sneezing, or when changing positions. 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