A nurse is assessing a client who has Parkinson's disease. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?

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

A client arrived by EMS after a bar fight. He is disoriented with a Glasgow coma scale of 10.

 What additional finding indicates that he has suffered a basilar skull fracture? 

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 nurse is caring for a client who reports a throbbing headache after a lumbar puncture.  Which of the following actions is most likely to facilitate resolution of the headache? 

A nurse is assessing a client who has Parkinson's disease. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?

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

A nurse at a rehabilitation center is planning care for a client who had a left hemispheric cerebrovascular accident (CVA) 3 weeks ago. Which of the following goals should the nurse include in the client's rehabilitation program?

A client is extremely drowsy, minimally responsive, and has a difficult time following commands. With vigorous stimulation the client awakens but quickly falls back asleep. What level of consciousness does this describe?

When providing education to a student nurse about ways to avoid increased intracranial pressure, which of the following will the nurse include in the instructions?(Select All that Apply.)

Match the characteristics with the type of stroke. Each characteristic is only used one time.

• Hypertension primary Cause

• Symptoms progress over time

• Rapid progression of symptoms

• Most common type

• Symptoms resolve

• Associated with high risk of stroke

• Atrial fibrillation primary cause

Type of stroke

a.Transient Ischemic Attack b.Hemorrhagic Stroke c.Ischemic Stroke