When obtaining a health history and physical assessment for a 36-year-old female patient with possible multiple sclerosis (MS), the nurse should
When obtaining the nursing history from a patient who has op…
When obtaining the nursing history from a patient who has open-angle (chronic) glaucoma, a complaint that the nurse should expect is:
A nurse is teaching a patient with cerebellar function impai…
A nurse is teaching a patient with cerebellar function impairment. Which statement would the nurse include in this patient’s discharge teaching?
A nurse in the emergency department is attempting to assess…
A nurse in the emergency department is attempting to assess the pain level of an infant. All of the following are developmental cues of pain in the infant population except?
The nurse caring for an elderly patient with macular degener…
The nurse caring for an elderly patient with macular degeneration should assess for:
Which assessment data alerts the nurse to the fact that the…
Which assessment data alerts the nurse to the fact that the patient is at risk for an embolic stroke?
A common pharmacologic intervention for the problem of spast…
A common pharmacologic intervention for the problem of spasticity in the patient with multiple sclerosis is
The nurse working in the emergency department assesses a pat…
The nurse working in the emergency department assesses a patient who has symptoms of stroke. All the following are modifiable risk factors except for?
A patient on continuous video monitoring is observed having…
A patient on continuous video monitoring is observed having a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. This means that the patient is exhibiting
The nurse is caring for a patient in the ICU who has a brain…
The nurse is caring for a patient in the ICU who has a brain stem herniation and who is exhibiting an altered level of consciousness. Monitoring reveals that the patient’s mean arterial pressure (MAP) is 60 mmm Hg with an intracranial pressure (ICP) reading of 5 mm Hg. What is the nurse’s most appropriate action?