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100 Neuro NCLEX questions 1. An 18-year-old client is admitted with a closed head injury sustained in a MVA. His intracranial pressure (ICP) shows an upward trend. Which intervention should the nurse perform first? Reposition the client to avoid neck flexion Administer 1 g Mannitol IV as ordered Increase the ventilator’s respiratory rate to 20 breaths/minute Administer 100 mg of pentobarbital IV as ordered. 2. A client with a subarachnoid hemorrhage is prescribed a 1,000-mg loading...

Which of the following equipment is most helpful at measuring FRC in a patient who has significant non-ventilated lung spaces? A. nitrogen analyzer for a nitrogen washout test B. helium analyzer for a helium dilution test C. peak flow meter D. plethysmograph - Answer • The correct answer is : D • Explanation : You can determine FRC in three different ways - body box, nitrogen washout, or helium dilution. If someone has non-ventilated lung space, nitrogen washout and helium dilutio...

About how many new cases a year of a SCI is there? - Answer 17,500 About how many people are living with SCI at the moment? - Answer 285,000 What are the leading causes of SCI? - Answer MVA, followed by falls, acts of violence and sports What is the common common SCI injury? - Answer Incomplete Tetraplegia Most SCI occur to what population? - Answer Young males SCI causes a disruption to the what> - Answer Motor and sensory pathways at the site of the lesion How are SCI defi...

Advanced EMT Practice Questions (Complete Solution) Answered You arrive on scene to a patient with a large gash on his forearm spurting blood. Pressure is immediately applied with a gloved hand. He is pale with a weak, rapid pulse; RR = 30 bpm. During initial assessment & wound bandaging, the patient yells "get away". Your best course of action is, what? explain to the patient that you are almost finished bandaging his wound and you will leave him alone then If you continue to treat a pat...

CBIS Test Quiz Exam GRADED A+ MOD 015 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 VERIFIED **2 types of acquired brain injury correct answers Traumatic and non-traumatic *2 mechanisms of TBI correct answers traumatic impact (involving impact to the head) and traumatic inertial (non-contact brain injury) *2 sub-categories of impact injury correct answers open injury (penetrating, skull fracture meninges breach), closed (non-penetrating) *Closed brain injury: can cause 2 things, examples correct ans...

NUR 131 Exam 4 Questions and Correct Answers, Over 270 Q&A, With Complete Solution, Updated 2024. a) does not follow the tenets of a specific faith The nurses notes on the admission form that the patient has indication "no religious preference." What does this indicate to the nurse about the patient? a) does not follow the tenets of a specific faith b) is in denial about his religious beliefs c) doesn't believe in God or a "higher power" d) will not want to pray or visit with the ...

1 ABFAS REVIEW EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ 18 y/o gymnast substance acute inversion ankle injury and ruptures her lateral collateral ligaments (a)NWB 6 weeks, ankle Brace (b)Ankle bracing followed by aggressive PT 12 weeks (c)Early functional rehab program (d)NWB x8 weeks followed by PT Correct Answer: (c) Early functional rehab program Patient is a 45 y/o male performing a triple arthrodesis he has 6 degrees of tibial varum what is the appr...

SAEM Trauma Questions and Answers 2023 An 18 year old hockey player is hit in the mouth with a puck, fracturing a maxillary canine tooth. He brings the severed piece of tooth with him. On physical exam, the tooth is fractured halfway between the tip and the gumline. The root of the tooth is still firmly intact. The exposed fracture site has a yellowish tinge without blood. Of the following choices, which is the most appropriate management for this patient? A. Application of calcium hydroxide, ...

CNRN Terms Exam 277 Questions with Verified Answers Post-concussion syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER Short-term memory loss, emotional lability, and mental fatigue. Headache, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, loss of concentration, poor memory and light and noise sensitivity. Uncal herniation syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER form of herniation that involves downward displacement of the uncal portion of the temporal lobe, which is the most common type of herniation syndrome. Findings a...

"The chest X-ray in the Figure was taken in an intoxicated patient who is conversant, but an unreliable historian. The X-ray findings are best described as indicating: [image] A. Esophageal foreign body B. Intratracheal foreign body C. mediastinitis from esophageal perforation D. normal chest" "A. Esophageal foreign body The answer is A. The film reveals a classic appearance of a round foreign body (in this case, a pull-top from a beer can) in the esophagus. The foreign body appears ...