The day shift nurse at the long-term care facility learns that a patient with dementia experienced sundowning late in the afternoon on the previous two days. Which action would the nurse take? 

A 70-yr-old female patient with left-sided hemiparesis arrives by ambulance to the emergency department. Which action would the nurse take first? 

Which assessment would the nurse identify as most important regarding a patient who has myasthenia gravis? 

A female patient who had a stroke 24 hours ago has expressive aphasia. Which intervention would the nurse use to help the patient communicate? 

Which prescribed intervention would the emergency department nurse implement first for a patient who is experiencing continuous tonic-clonic seizures? 

Which nursing assessment would the nurse consider the priority for a patient being admitted with a brainstem infarction? 

Which action would the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with impaired function of the left glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) and vagus nerve (CN X)? 

After change-of-shift report, which patient would the nurse assess first? 

During the neurologic assessment, the patient is unable to respond verbally to the nurse but cooperates with the nurse’s directions to move his hands and feet. Which condition would the nurse suspect as a likely cause of these findings? 

Which assessments would the nurse make to monitor a patient’s cerebellar function? (Select all that apply.)