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What would be the appropriate nursing intervention for optimizing musculoskeletal function of a patient with hemorrhagic stroke? Discouraging the use of lap boards Discouraging pulling the patient's arm Discouraging the use of trochanter roll Discouraging the use of posterior leg splints Discou...

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NUR 350 Chap 57 Review Questions and
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What would be the appropriate nursing intervention for optimizing musculoskeletal
function of a patient with hemorrhagic stroke?


Discouraging the use of lap boards

Discouraging pulling the patient's arm

Discouraging the use of trochanter roll

Discouraging the use of posterior leg splints ✅Discouraging pulling the patient's arm

Shoulder displacement can occur if a patient's arm is pulled. Hemorrhagic stroke may
lead to joint contractures and muscular atrophy. Therefore it is important to optimize
musculoskeletal function. Lap boards prevent shoulder displacement, and the patient
should be instructed to use them. Trochanter rolls keep the patient's hip in a neutral
position and prevent external rotation. Posterior leg splints are advised to the patient to
prevent footdrop.

p. 1359

A patient who sustained a stroke is to have a diagnostic test to determine cerebral blood
flow. For what diagnostic test does the nurse prepare the patient?


Echocardiography

Cerebral angiography

Magnetic resonance angiography

Computed tomography angiography ✅Cerebral angiography

Cerebral angiography is performed to assess cerebral blood flow. Cerebral angiography
helps find blood vessel blockages present in the head and neck. Echocardiography is
performed for cardiac assessment. Magnetic resonance angiography and computed
tomography angiography are performed for the diagnosis of a stroke and to assess the
extent of involvement.

p. 1352

,While doing a neurologic assessment of a patient who sustained a thrombotic stroke,
the nurse records the score of a patient as 40 on a National Institutes of Health Stroke
Scale (NIHSS). What does this score indicate?


Minor stroke

Severe stroke

Moderate stroke

No stroke symptoms ✅Severe stroke

According to the NIHSS scale, a score of 40 indicates severe stroke. Minor and
moderate strokes have scores below 40. A score of 0 indicates the patient has no
stroke symptoms.

p. 1358

The nurse is preparing a community stroke awareness program. The nurse knows that
which ethnic group has the highest incidence of stroke?


Asians

Mexicans

Caucasians

African Americans ✅African Americans

African Americans have twice the incidence of stroke related to hypertension, obesity,
and diabetes. Caucasians, Mexicans, and Asians have a lower risk of stroke than do
African Americans.

p. 1347

The nurse is teaching a patient about the onset of embolic stroke. What information
does the nurse include in the teaching plan?


Embolic stroke rarely recurs.

Embolic stroke occurs rapidly.

, Embolic stroke renders the patient unconscious.

Embolic stroke is marked by a surge of blood supply to the brain tissues. ✅Embolic
stroke occurs rapidly.

Embolic stroke often occurs rapidly, whereby accommodation toward developing
collateral circulation becomes difficult. It is not uncommon for embolic stroke to recur,
unless the underlying causes are treated aggressively. During an embolic stroke the
patient may experience a headache but does not lose consciousness. The prognosis of
embolic stroke is related to the deprivation of blood supply to the brain tissues.

p. 1348

A patient has suffered a stroke. Which neurologic factor will the nurse assess and
record?


Speech

Mobility

Respiratory function

Level of consciousness ✅Level of consciousness

The nurse will assess the patient's level of consciousness and record it as a neurologic
finding. Though related to neurologic functioning, speech, mobility, and respiratory
function are motor function assessments.

p. 1350

The nurse finds that the patient is unable to recognize familiar objects after a stroke.
What term does the nurse chart in the patient's medical record?


Alexia

Agnosia

Aphasia

Agraphia ✅Agnosia

Agnosia is the inability to recognize familiar objects. Aphasia is difficulty in speaking or
understanding speech. Alexia is difficulty reading. Agraphia is difficulty writing.

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