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NURS 620 Exam 3Questions and
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,Vertigo - Answer: Symptom of vestibular dysfunction, illusion of motion. Can be caused by lesion,
trauma, MS, brainstem ischemia, infarction or hemorrhage, Meniere disease, or aggravated by inner ear
problems.
Treatment for Bell's palsy - Answer: Surgical decompression, Prednisolone, Acyclovir, nerve stimulation.
Trigeminal neuralgia - Answer: Recurrent brief episodes of unilateral shock like pains in the fifth cranial
nerve. Diagnosed with MRI or CT if MRI not indicated. Treated with carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine,
Baclofen, or Lamotrigine. Surgery can decompress or ablative procedures can block.
Myasthenia gravis symptoms - Answer: Fluctuating, localized, skeletal muscle weakness and fatigue.
Autoimmune dysfunction.
Myasthenia gravis test - Answer: Positive acetylcholine receptor antibody assay.
Nystagmus - Answer: Rhythmic oscillation of the eyes
Diagnostics for vertigo - Answer: CT, MRI, MR angiography, electronystagmography, video
nystagmography, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials,
Migraine - Answer: Recurrent, often unilateral, throbbing, has photophobia
Tension headache - Answer: Bilateral, non-throbbing
Cluster headache - Answer: Unilateral, temporal or behind orbital, intense
Which of the following are parts of Evidence-Based Practice?
a. Clinician c. Evidence
b. Patient d. All of the above - Answer: d. All of the above
What is the important question to ask in nursing research?
, a. What findings constitute evidence? c. Is this a randomized controlled trial?
b. How will the findings be used? d. What theory is being utilized? - Answer: b. How will the findings be
used?
Nursing research should be utilized by:
a. Nurses at the bedside. c. Nurse researchers.
b. Advanced practice nurses. d. Nurses at all levels of practice. - Answer: d. Nurses at all levels of
practice.
Applying evidence at the point of care requires:
a. Readily available evidence-based resources.
b. Ability to search research literature.
c. Single articles in journals.
d. Current textbooks. - Answer: a. Readily available evidence-based resources.
Practice guidelines are designed to:
a. Be inflexible.
b. Be utilized in every circumstance.
c. Provide a reference point for decision making.
d. Be created by a professional organization to guide the practice of a profession. - Answer: c. Provide a
reference point for decision making.
Which of the following is a crucial element of developing a guideline?
a. Creating a physician expert panel
b. Reviewing the literature with ratings of available evidence
c. Conducting an external review of a guideline
d. Developing evidence-based tables - Answer: b. Reviewing the literature with ratings of available
evidence
Which of the following would be considered the research design for Level I evidence?
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