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CRITICAL CARE NURSING 2023/2024 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
1. help family members solve problems by:: • verbalize the immediate problem
• identify support systems
• recall how they handled stress in the past

*Such assistance helps family members to focus on the present issue.
It also allows them to solve problems and regain a sense ofcontrol
over their lives.*
2. Medical futility: *treatment that's hopeless* or interventions
that aren't likely to benefit the patient even though they may appear to be effective
3. H&H Q's: • Do you have headaches? How often do you have them?
What precipitates them?
• Do you ever feel dizzy? How often do you feel this
way? What seems to precipitate the episodes?
• Do you ever feel a tingling or prickling sensation or numbness?If
so, where?
• Have you ever had seizures or tremors? Have you ever had
weakness or paralysis in your arms or legs?
• Do you have trouble urinating, walking, speaking, understanding
others, reading, or writing?
• How's your memory and ability to concentrate?
4. Mental Status Q's: What's your name? *person*
What's your mother's name? *other ppl*
What year is it? *time*
Where are you now? *place*
How old are you? *memory*
Where were you born? *remote memory*
What did you have for breakfast? *recent memory*
Who's Pres of the U.S. now? *general knowledge* Can
you count backward from 20 to 1? *Attn span &*
*calculation skills*
5. Steps to arousal: 1. auditory
2. tactile
3. painful
6. Assess for dysarthria: (=diff forming words)


,CRITICAL CARE NURSING 2023/2024 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
Ask pt to repeat "no ifs, ands, or buts"
7. CN I Assess: Check the patency of each nostril. Then instruct the patient to close his
eyes. Occlude one nostril, and hold a familiar, pungent-smelling substance under the
patient's nose and ask him to identify it.
Repeat this with the other nostril.






,CRITICAL CARE NURSING 2023/2024 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
8. CN II Assess: Do this by asking the patient to read a newspaper,
starting with large headlines and moving to small print.
9. CN III, IV, VI Assess: Check pupil size, pupil shape, and pupillary response to light.
When assessing pupil size, look for trends, such as a gradual increase in thesize of
one pupil or appearance of unequal pupils.

Ask the patient to follow your finger through six cardinal positions of gaze. (assess
the patient for nystagmus, or involuntary eye movement,
and the ability to hold gaze in that particular position.)
10. CN V Assess: Gently touch the right and left sides of the
patient's forehead with a cotton ball while his eyes are closed. Instruct him to tell you
the moment the cotton touches each area. Compare the patient's responses on both
sides. Repeat the technique on the right and left cheek and on the right and left jaw.

Next, repeat the entire procedure using a sharp object, such as the tip of a safetypin.
Ask the patient to describe and compare both sensations.

To assess the motor function, ask the patient to clench his teeth while you palpatehis
temporal and masseter muscles.

Corneal reflex.
11. CN VII Assess: Ask pt to:
• wrinkle his forehead
• raise and lower his eyebrows
• smile to show his teeth
• puff out his cheeks.

Also, with the patient's eyes tightly closed, attempt to open his eyelids. As you
conduct each part of this test, look for symmetry.
12. CN VIII Assess: Ask the patient to cover one ear. Then stand on the oppositeside
and whisper a few words. Find out whether the patient can repeat what you said.
Test the other ear in the same way.

To test the vestibular portion of the acoustic nerve, observe the patient for nystagmusand


, CRITICAL CARE NURSING 2023/2024 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
disturbed balance. Note reports of the room spinning or dizzines.
13. CN IX & X Assess: • The glossopharyngeal nerve is responsible for swallowing,
salivating, and taste perception on the
posterior one-third of the tongue.
• The vagus nerve controls swallowing and is

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