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Neuro FinalA nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dysphagia and left-sided weakness following
a stroke. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Add thickener to fluids
A nurse is assisting with planning care for a client who is recovering from a left-hemispheric
stroke. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
Re-establish communication
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A nurse caring for a client at risk for increased intracranial pressure is monitoring the client for
manifestations that indicate that the pressure is increasing. To do this, the nurse should check
the function of the third cranial nerve by performing which of the following data-collection
activities?
Checking pupillary responses to light
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 6 days post craniotomy for removal of an
intracerebral aneurysm. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following
manifestations of increased intracranial pressure?
Hypertension
,A nurse is collecting data from a client who has myasthenia gravis. Which of the following
findings has the highest priority?
Ineffective breathing pattern
A nurse in an emergency department is assisting with the care of a client who is unconscious
and has trauma to multiple systems following a motor vehicle crash. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?
Airway protection
A nurse collecting data from a client who has increased intracranial pressure and is informed by
the charge nurse that the client demonstrates decorticate posturing. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect to observe?
Plantar flexion of the legs
A nurse is caring for a client who has increase intracranial pressure. Which of the nursing
interventions should the nurse take?
Elevate the head of the bed 30*
A nurse enters a client's room and finds the client on the floor in the clonic phase of a
tonic-clonic seizure. Which of the following interventions should the nurse take?
Place a pillow under the clients head
A home health nurse is assisting with the plan of care for an older adult client who had cataract
surgery recently. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the plan of care?
"Rest in semi-fowler's position"
An older adult client in a long-term care facility has dementia and begins to have frequent
episodes of urinary incontinence. After the provider finds no medical cause for his incontinence,
which of the following interventions should the nurse initiate to manage this behavior?
Take the client to the bathroom on an every 2-hr schedule
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, A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has myasthenia gravis and has a new
prescription for pyridostigmine orally. Which of the following instructions should the nurse
include?
"Take the medication 45 minutes before eating"
A nurse in the emergency department is assisting with the care of a client who has myasthenia
gravis and is in crisis. The nurse should identify that which of the following factors can cause a
myasthenic crisis?
Developing a respiratory infection
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about preventing long-term complications of retinopathy and
neuropathy with an older adult client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions is
the most important for the nurse to include in the teaching?
"Plan to have an eye examination once per year"
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client following a cataract extraction. Which of
the following should the nurse include in the teaching?
Avoid bending at waist
A nurse is caring for a client who has a spinal cord injury at T-4. The nurse should recognize
that the client is at risk for autonomic dysreflexia. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse take to prevent autonomic dysreflexia?
Prevent bladder distention
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has open-angle glaucoma. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
Loss of peripheral vision
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible cataract. Which of the following
manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report?
Decreased color perception
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