when assessing a patient's neurologic status upon arrival to the emergency room, which reliable indicator would the nurse utilize first?

Which intervention would the nurse implement as the priority when providing care for a patient with a ventriculostomy to measure increased intra-cranial pressure (ICP) caused by a brain tumor?

Which term would the nurse use to document a patient who is comatose from a head injury and display flexion of the arms, wrists, and fingers, as well as adduction of the upper extremities?

Cellulitis of the right lower extremity may present with which assessment finding?

A nurse is teaching the partner of a client who had a stroke about dysphagia. Which of the following statements by the client's partner should indicate to the nurse that the teaching was effective?

Which initial clinical manifestation would a patient report with a retinal detachment?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who had a seizure and became unresponsive after stating she had a sudden, severe headache and vomiting. The client's vital signs are as follows: blood pressure of 198/110 mm Hg, pulse of 82/min, respirations of 24/min, and a temperature of 38.2° C (100.8° F). Which of the following neurologic disorders should the nurse suspect?

An RN is teaching a student nurse about tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration in a patient with ischemic stroke. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates a need for further teaching?

Which condition would the nurse associate with an infection of a sebaceous gland when the patient presents with a small, white, superficial nodule on the margin of the eyelid?

Which medical condition places a patient at a higher risk for an embolic stroke?

The nurse will include which intervention for the patient newly admitted with cellulitis of the right foot?