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NURS 231 Module 1 ExamA patient has experienced a seizure affecting the left temporal lobe. The family
reports that the patient exhibited repetitive lip smacking and hand rubbing followed
by a period of great fear and insecurity. They have experienced which type of
seizure?
Focal seizure without impairment of consciousness or awareness
Focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness
Generalized tonic/clonic seizure - ANSWER: Focal seizure with impairment of
consciousness or awareness
The sense of vision is controlled by which cranial nerve?
CN II
CN III
CN IV
CN VI - ANSWER: CN II
You are seeing a patient with Parkinson's disease in your office. You notice they are
repetitively rubbing their right thumb and forefinger. This is an example of what
physical manifestation of the disease?
Pill-rolling
Cogwheeling
Bradykinesia
Rigidity - ANSWER: Pill-rolling
Hypnic myoclonia occurs in which stage of sleep?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4 - ANSWER: Stage 1
A person reports a generalized depressed mood, changes in appetite, and irritability
that gets worse as the day goes on. They also report that they sleep more than 8
hours which is affecting their productivity. What type of depression are they
experiencing?
Melancholic depression
Atypical depression
Depression with psychotic features
Depression with catatonic features - ANSWER: Atypical depression
Each of the following statements is true regarding the organization of the nervous
system except:
, The CNS has afferent and efferent division
The autonomic nervous system can be further divided into the sympathetic and
parasympathetic divisions
The CNS contains the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain
The PNS contains the cranial nerves - ANSWER: The autonomic nervous system can
be further divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
A person reports feelings of worthlessness and guilt as well as difficulty sleeping. As
they are speaking, you notice a repetitive, accentuated blinking of their eyes. What
type of depression are they experiencing? - ANSWER: Depression with catatonic
features
Each of the following statements is true regarding Alzheimer's disease except:
Neuritic plaques are composed of deteriorating nerve pieces that arrange
themselves around a sticky protein core called amyloid beta
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy contributes to the pathogenesis of the disease
Tau protein is broken down when the neuron produced it dies - ANSWER: Tau
protein is broken down when the neuron that produced it dies
Each of the following are modifiable behaviors related to stroke except:
Obesity
Smoking
Hypercholesteremia
Immobility - ANSWER: Hypercholesteremia
Adjustment insomnia is characterized by each of the following except:
More than 30 days of insomnia symptomology
Disrupted sleep is in response to physical or emotional stressor
Resolves on its own once an adjustment is made/stressor is removed - ANSWER:
More than 30 days of insomnia symptomology
A "drop attack" is another term for which type of seizure?
Myoclonic seizure
Clonic seizure
Tonic seizure
Atonic seizure - ANSWER: Atonic seizure
A decrease of which neurotransmitter has been linked to narcolepsy?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Hypocretin - ANSWER: Hypocretin
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