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NURS 6035 Exam 2 questions andanswers 2024/2025best exam for nursing
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWERS impairment of language, usually caused by
left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's
area (impairing understanding).
Expressive aphasia - CORRECT ANSWERS The inability to produce language
( despite being able to understand language)
orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS awareness of self in relation to persons,
places, and time.
Judgement - CORRECT ANSWERS decision-making; ask what would you do if
you were in a crowded movie theater and a fire started
Abstraction - CORRECT ANSWERS comprehension and judgement; ask to
interpret proverb
visual agnosia - CORRECT ANSWERS normal vision but can't recognize
objects
tactile agnosia - CORRECT ANSWERS inability to identify objects by touch;
occurs with a lesion in the non dominant parietal lobe
Praxis - CORRECT ANSWERS ability to perform a motor activity
Dyspraxia - CORRECT ANSWERS Decreased ability to perform the activity.
Patient hears and understands the command but cannot integrate the motor
activities that will complete the action.
constructional apraxia - CORRECT ANSWERS unable to draw or construct
simple designs; examiner draws a shape and asks pt to copy it
Retinal Detachment - CORRECT ANSWERS sudden painless loss of vision
, NURS 6035 Exam 2 questions and
answers 2024/2025best exam for nursing
compression of the optic nerve - CORRECT ANSWERS acute painless loss of
vision over a longer period of time; common cause is glaucoma
Amaurosis fugax - CORRECT ANSWERS transient visual loss lasting up to 3
minutes; common in internal CAD
Migraine - CORRECT ANSWERS occurs in two phases (aura and headache);
episodes may produce transient episodes of visual loss; pulsating unilateral pain
Hemiplegia - CORRECT ANSWERS paralysis of one side of the body; pt tends
to drag or circumduct a weak and spastic leg; arms if flexed at the elbow across the
abdomen
Parkinson's disease - CORRECT ANSWERS neurologic disorder that affects
gait; shuffles with short hurried steps, bowed head, and bent back
Cerebellar ataxia - CORRECT ANSWERS pt walks w/ wide-based gait, feet far
apart, moves side to side
footdrop - CORRECT ANSWERS characteristic slapping gait resulting from
weakness of the dorsiflexors of the ankle
Sensory ataxia - CORRECT ANSWERS a high stepping gait where feet are
slapped down firmly like the pt is unsure of their foot's location
Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWERS Area of the brain responsible for all
voluntary activities of the body; largest part
basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWERS structures in the forebrain that help to
control movement of extremities, postural changes, and voluntary body movements
(damage = tremors and rigidity)
Diencephalon - CORRECT ANSWERS thalamus and hypothalamus; regulates
consciousness, alertness, emotions, and attention
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