Compression of a nerve - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Rasmussen College MDC 3 FINAL Exam | 100% Correct Answers | Latest 2024 Version 1. The nurse is arriving at the beginning of her shift and has taken report on four clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which client should the nurse see first? A. A client with hypertension with a blood pressure of 172/92 mm Hg. B. A client with pain that is two days postoperative from a prostatectomy. C. A client ready for discharge education after treatment of an acute kidney injury. D. A client with a histo...

Exam 3: NSG500 / NSG 500 (Latest 2024 / 2025) Advanced Health Assessment Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: What is the best way to assess for joint effusion? Answer: Palpate; it will be feel soft an spongy (that's the fluid in the joint you are feeling) Q: Osteoarthritis; What is the tinel test? Answer: -tapping on ulnar side and indicates if medial nerve is involved Q: What is the phalen test? Answer: An exam that assess for carpal tunnel syndrome. -In...

Unit 6,7 & 8: MN 566/ MN566 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Unit 6 Q: You are performing muscle strength testing on a pt presenting w/musculoskeletal pain and find that the pt has complete ROM w/gravity eliminated. Which numeric grade of muscle strength would you give this pt, 1-5? Answer: 2 Q: Mrs. Gray is a 55yo woman who presents with tightness, pain, and limited movement in her right shoulder. She denies any h/o trauma. Her ex...

NBCE Part 4 Boards - Part IV NBCE Exam Questions with Complete Solutions Foraminal Compression Test - ANSWER The patient is seated and actively rotates head from side to side. Then the doctor exerts downward pressure and the head is rotated to each side with pressure. Positive Radicular Pain -> Nerve Root Compression Positive Local Pain -> Foraminal Encroachment Jackson's Compression Test - ANSWER The patient is seated and the doctor laterally flexes the pa...

A reflex muscle spasm which results from proprioceptive irritation is mediated by _______________ neuron? Answer - Gamma motor ___________________ is most apt to lead to altered axoplasmic flow in a neuron? Answer - Intra-neural microcirculation ischemia Radio-humeral subluxation that entraps the posterior interosseous nerve root most likely manifests in? Answer - Extensor muscles to the forearm Which subluxation is characterized by anterior displacement of the superior vertebra and ...

NR511 Final Test (2024) || Questions & Answers (Rated A+) NR511 Final Test (2024) || Questions & Answers (Rated A+) Samuel, age 5, is receiving radiation therapy for his acute lymphocytic leukemia. He is at increased risk of developing which type of cancer as a secondary malignancy when he becomes an adult? A. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia B. Brain tumor C. Liver cancer D. Esophageal cancer - ANSWER - B. Brain tumor Why is parathyroid hormone secretion increased during pregnancy? A. T...

PRITE EXAM (2024/2025) - Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Amnesia preceded by epigastric sensation and fear are associated with electrical abnormality where? Temporal lobe Memory loss pattern in dissociative amnesia Memory loss occurs for a discrete period of time Amnesia characterized by loss of memory of events that occur after onset of etiologic condition or agent Anterograde What psychoactive drug produces amnesia? Alcohol Brain Lesions ... Visual problem in pituitary tumor compr...

nbme anatomy shelf Questions And Answers With Complete Solutions Where and why are lumbar punctures performed? Spinal Block -> Anesthetic (into epidural space) Spinal Tap -> CSF extraction (into subarachnoid space)W B/W L3/L4 or L4/L5 NB: Posterior to this is cauda equina Where does a herniated intervertebral disk occur? What causes it? Occurs b/w L4/L5 or L5/S1 and C5/C6 or C6/C7 NB: affects lower spinal nerve # Degeneration of annulus fibrosis followed by sudden compressio...

Test Bank - Applied Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse 1ST Edition Lucie By Dlugasch, Lachel Story | Complete 2023/2024. A 50-year-old man is having an acute myocardial infarction and will be administered recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). The medication activates plasminogen in order to: A) decrease platelet adhesion. B) increase clotting time. C) promote fibrinolysis. D) promote coronary vasodilation. Ans: C Complexity: Easy Ahead: Hematopoietic System Subj...

NIFA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT peripheral nerve block for ankle ORIF would complain if which symptom - ANSWER metallic taste in mouth positioning arms correctly to avoid pressure on the elbow to prevent - ANSWER ulnar nerve injury positioning device for bariatric patients prior to intubation - ANSWER upper body ramp depolarizing muscle relaxant that produces generalized fasciculations - ANSWER succinylcholine hemostatic device ...