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Which finding is abnormal in an aging patient and should be reported to the physician? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a postoperative client who had surgery to decrease intracranial pressure after suffering a head injury. Which assessment finding is promptly reported to the physician?

Which of the following are functions of the hypothalamus? (Select all that apply.)

A client is weak and drowsy after a lumbar puncture. The nurse caring for the client knows that what priority nursing intervention should be provided after a lumbar puncture?

The nurse is working in the rehabilitative setting caring for tetraplegia and paraplegia clients. When instructing family members on the difference between the sites of impairment, which location should the nurse explain differentiates the two disorders?

Which of the following occur during a sympathetic nervous system response? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is noting from a client’s neurologic assessment findings that the client’s motor impulses are interrupted from the brain to the spinal cord. It also appears that the client lacks sensory impulses from the peripheral sensory neurons to the brain. Which area has the deficit?

The nurse is caring for a patient admitted to the emergency department with massive trauma to the right frontal lobe of the brain. Which data should the nurse collect related to the location of the injury?

The critical care nurse is giving end-of-shift report on a client. The nurse uses the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to assess the level of consciousness (LOC) of a female client and reports to the oncoming nurse that the client has an LOC of 6. What does an LOC score of 6 in a client indicate?

A teen is brought to the emergency department with a headache and complaints of feeling dizzy after a head injury resulting from falling off a bicycle. The physician diagnoses a concussion. What explanation should the nurse provide to the patient’s mother?