A client newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is receiving education about newly prescribed medications from the nurse. Which of the following will be included in the client teaching?

A nurse is preparing to administer Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). What is the likely reason the client will receive this treatment?

A nurse is preparing to administer intravenous mannitol, an osmotic diuretic, to a client with increased intracranial pressure. Which of the following should the nurse identify as the purpose of the medication?

When considering the client with a neurocognitive deficit, the nurse understands that which of the following are excitatory neurotransmitters?

A nurse collects health history from a 65 year old client. Which of the following risk factors in the client's history put the client at the highest risk for embolic stroke?

A client arrives to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. The nurse records the following Glasgow Coma scores: E3, V2, M1. What is the best first action for the nurse to take.

You admit a client on day 1. After several days off, you are reassigned the same client. Click the tabs to review vital signs and nurse notes to review the client's progression.

Vital Signs Assessment Day 1:

Temperature 37.5° C (99.5° F) Blood pressure 198/96 mm Hg Heart rate 112/min

Respiratory rate 22/min

Oxygen saturation 96% on room air Day 7:

Temperature 38° C (100,4° F) Blood pressure 166/70 mm Hg Heart rate 68/min

Respiratory rate 20/min

Oxygen saturation 97% on room air

Question: For each client finding, click to specify if the finding could indicate Parkinson's disease, stroke, and/or multiple sclerosis. Each finding can support more than one disease process. Click the tabs at the top of the page for information about your client.

A client is observed with unilateral twitching of facial muscles and repetitive tongue thrusting, with a decrease in level of consciousness. When the nurse reports her findings to the physician, what type of seizure will she indicate she observed?

You are monitoring the vital signs of an 74yrold man who was admitted for a head injury after he tripped and fell at home. He takes anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation. On arrival his vital signs were stable at BP 150/86, pulse 84, respirations 14/min, but his family reported that he was more restless than usual. He lives alone after his wife passed away. 2 hours after admission, his vital

signs are now BP 166/74, pulse 54, respirations 11/min. He is now quiet and appears sleepy. He is on 2L nasal cannula and has been placed on neutropenic precautions.

A nurse is in a client's room when the client begins having a tonicclonic seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Which of the following clients is most at risk for traumatic brain injury?