Spinal cord injury sci - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NSG4330 Exam Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass Anatomy of Spine - Correct Answer️️ -33 vertebrae (7C, 12T, 5L & sacral+coccyx) 31 pairs of nerves (8C, 12T, 5L, 5S, 1C) Ventral Root: - Correct Answer️️ -Each muscle in body is supplied by a particular segment of the SC and its corresponding spinal nerve Dorsal Root: - Correct Answer️️ -sensory root Dermatome: - Correct Answer️️ -area of skin supplied by nerve fibers originating from a single dorsal nerve root. Compl...

OCCTH 585 Final Exam Questions And Answers Graded A+. spinal shock acute phase - correct answer.- occurs in the first several weeks after SCI - state of transient physiological reflex depression - suspension of function and reflexes below the level of injury - loss of all sensorimotor functions - an initial increase in BP - flaccid paralysis, including bowel and bladder neurogenic shock - correct answer.- disruption of the autonomic pathways within the spinal cord - shock tends ...

Adult Test 2 (USAHS) Questions with correct answers About how many new cases a year of a SCI is there? - Correct Answer-17,500 About how many people are living with SCI at the moment? - Correct Answer-285,000 What are the leading causes of SCI? - Correct Answer-MVA, followed by falls, acts of violence and sports What is the common common SCI injury? - Correct Answer-Incomplete Tetraplegia Most SCI occur to what population? - Correct Answer-Young males SCI causes a disruption to t...

While assessing a patient's level of spinal injury, the nurse observes that the patient has sensation and movement in the neck and the region above, and can breathe without a ventilator. What is the potential for rehabilitation that the nurse can expect? - Answer Ability to drive an electric wheelchair An older adult person has fallen from a step stool and has a lower sacral fracture. The investigation reports also show that there is injury to the conus medullaris. What are the symptoms...

NR 325 MED SURG (ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS) 2023/2024 Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language aphasia; impaired right/left discrimination; slow performance/cautious,; depression/anxiety; impaired comprehension. - CORRECT ANSWER-Left-Sided Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits; denying/minimizing; rapid performance/short attention; impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time. - CORRECT ANSWER-Right-sided _____ are the confirming diagnostic studie...

SCI & MS NCLEX Style UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Which of the following is the priority nursing diagnosis for a patient diagnosed with a spinal cord injury? 1. Fluid Volume Deficit 2. Impaired Physical Mobility 3. Ineffective Airway Clearance 4. Altered Tissue Perfusion - CORRECT ANSWER- Correct Answer: 3 Rationale: Ineffective Airway Clearance is the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient. The nurse utilizes the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation) to de...

NRSG 421 Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers Spinal cord components - answer7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral 4 coccygeal Spinal cord injury risks - answerAges, 16/18, male, high risk activity, driving and drinking, car accidents *C4,C5,C6,T12=most common Spinal injury - answerDamage to the spinal cord, resulting in functional loss and mobility/sensation Results from = concussion, contusion, compression, tearing, laceration, transection, ischemia Spinal cord - answer18...

A charge nurse is planning an educational session for staff nurses about working with parents whose children have a terminal illness and are candidates for donating their organs. Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include? The family can have the child in an open casket without fearing that the organ donation might disfigure the child's body. A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Com...

DPT 712 OVERVIEW OF SCI EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED What is the general role of the PT when treating those with SCI? helping them find a new normal What can a SCI lead to? weakness spasticity bowel & bladder dysfunction loss of sensation T/F: the higher the level of injury in a SC, the less function they have true What are the top 4 causes of SCI? 1. MVA 2. Falls 3. Violence 4. Other (sports, diseases, MS, Polio, Spina Bifida) The most common regi...

N Comprehensive Online Practice 2019 A with NGN A nurse is caring for a client who has hypertension and is taking captopril. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to an assistive personnel (AP)? Obtain the client's blood pressure before the nurse administers medication. The nurse can delegate obtaining blood pressure before and after medication administration because this task is within the range of function for an AP. Initiate a referral with a dietitian for the cl...