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A nurse is educating a pregnant client on Down syndrome screening options during the first trimester. Which screening test should the nurse include?

Which clinical finding could help the health care team differentiate a transient ischemic attack from a stroke? 

A client who is receiving alteplase for acute ischemic stroke develops a severe headache and starts to vomit. What action should the nurse perform immediately?

A client is being admitted to the hematology unit with thrombocytopenia. Two weeks prior to the current admission, the client was treated for a DVT of the left lower extremity with a unfractionated heparin infusion and was discharged on oral anticoagulants. What hematologic abnormality does the nurse suspect in this client?

A client is recovering from a hemorrhagic stroke. What actions by the nurse demonstrates the nurses understanding of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?

A nurse is counseling parents of a child with cerebral palsy about feeding techniques. Which strategy should the nurse recommend to minimize the risk of aspiration?

A client is admitted to the hematology floor with and diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The nurse anticipates what intervention for this client?

Match the following with the best description below. Answers may be used more than once or not at all. Each has one answer.

A nurse is caring for a client who frequently breaks their arms and other bones on purpose. The nurse understands that the client likely has which diagnosis?  

The brain’s ability to adapt and change after a TBI or stroke is referred to as: