A nurse assesses a client with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The client opens his eyes and decerebrate postures to sternal rub, and has no verbal response to any stimulation. How will the nurse document this client’s Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?

The nurse is conducting a first aid session and discussing the interventions for a snakebite to an extremity. The nurse should inform those attending the session that priority intervention in the event of this occurrence include which of the following? 

Which of these choices would be best for communicating with someone who has aphasia? 

True or False: The left hemisphere is most commonly dominant for speech regardless of hand dominance.

BONUS: What is the most common gender for SCI (.5 pt)? What is the average age for an SCI (.5 pt)? 

A nurse is teaching a student about the components of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI’s) ventilator bundle. Which of the following component will the nurse include in the teaching?

An individual with complete C4 tetraplegia can independently use a mouth stick to strike keys on a computer keyboard for 3 minutes. To grade this activity up, the OT practitioner should:

The following is an instrumental evaluation for dysphagia that uses radiographic images delivered to a screen as barium laced foods/liquids are swallowed:

An individual with a C6 spinal cord injury has been referred to OT 2 days post-injury. Immobilized with a halo brace, the individual demonstrates 3+/5 wrist extension and 2/5 finger flexion. Which of the following interventions should be implemented FIRST?

If your client had a lesion that affected the parietal loop you would expect to see: