A patient with a cervical spinal cord injury becomes hypotensive and bradycardic. The nurse will notify the physician and prepare to immediately administer which of the following?
During rehabilitaion following a stroke, a patient has impai…
During rehabilitaion following a stroke, a patient has impaired awareness of bladder fullness, resulting in urinary incontinence. Which nursing intervention will be best to include in the initial plan for an effective bladder training program?
A patient who has brain ishemia follwoing a head trauma comb…
A patient who has brain ishemia follwoing a head trauma combs their hair only on the right side of and washes only the right side of their face. What is the nurse’s interpretation of these actions?
During the change of shift report a nurse is told that a pat…
During the change of shift report a nurse is told that a patient has an occluded left posterior cerebral artery. The nurse will anticipate that the patient may have which clinical manifestaion?
During rehabilitaion following a stroke, a patient has impai…
During rehabilitaion following a stroke, a patient has impaired awareness of bladder fullness, resulting in urinary incontinence. Which nursing intervention will be best to include in the initial plan for an effective bladder training program?
A patient who has brain ishemia follwoing a head trauma comb…
A patient who has brain ishemia follwoing a head trauma combs their hair only on the right side of and washes only the right side of their face. What is the nurse’s interpretation of these actions?
Which precautions will the nurse institute to ensure the saf…
Which precautions will the nurse institute to ensure the safety of a patient at risk for seizures due to a recent had injury? (Select all that apply.)
A patient with a stroke experiences facial drooping on the r…
A patient with a stroke experiences facial drooping on the right side and right-sided arm and leg paralysis. When admitting the patient, which additional clinical manifestation will the nurse expect to find?
A nurse is concerned about the swallowing ability of a patie…
A nurse is concerned about the swallowing ability of a patient with a high cervial spinal injury. Which food(s) should the nurse remove from this patient’s food tray? (Select all that apply.)
A patient with a stroke experiences facial drooping on the r…
A patient with a stroke experiences facial drooping on the right side and right-sided arm and leg paralysis. When admitting the patient, which additional clinical manifestation will the nurse expect to find?