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The nurse asked a family member of a patient with seizures if the patient exhibited automatisms with the most recent seizure. The family member asked for clarification on what the term automatisms meant. How should the nurse respond?

“Logroll” is a procedure that involves keeping the body in alignment and rolling as a unit, without twisting the spine, to prevent injury. 

A patient sees a health care provider because of extreme fatigue for 2 months and difficulty lifting even light objects. The health care provider suspects myasthenia gravis. Which of the following tests should the nurse anticipate assisting with to confirm this diagnosis?

The nurse is caring for a patient with an acute brain injury. Which interventions does the nurse use to prevent increased ICP in this patient?  (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

The licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) is assigned to assist the registered nurse (RN) in providing care for a patient admitted for an infectious neurological disorder. Which reassessment finding is most concerning and should be reported to the RN? 

What is the average rotational latency of a hard drive rotating at 7,200 RPM or 120 revolutions per second? (Give your answer in milliseconds) Formula from text: average latency time = formula 1/2 × 1/(rotational speed)

Which type of network is designed to facilitate communications between users and applications over large distances—between the various corporate offices of an international organization that are located in cities all over the world, for example.

With the hard drive read/write head in a fixed position, it traces out a circle on the disk surface as the disk rotates; this circle is known as a what?

The time it takes for the hard-disk read/write head to move from one track to another is called what?

In most computer systems, the CPU, memory, and other major components are mounted to wiring on a printed circuit board known as a what?