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CVA (Stroke) Questions and Answers 100% Accurate A 78-year-old client is admitted to the emergency department with numbness and weak- ness of the left arm and slurred speech. Which nursing intervention is priority? 1. Prepare to administer recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). 2. Discuss the precipitating factors that caused the symptoms. 3. Schedule for a STAT computed tomography (CT) scan of head. 4. Notify the speech pathologist for an emergency consult. 1) The drug rt-PA ...

PSY 480 Week 2 Approaches and Treatment Strategies Presentation