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Which assessment data alerts the nurse to the fact that the patient is at risk for an embolic stroke?

A nurse in the emergency department is attempting to assess the pain level of an infant. All of the following are developmental cues of pain in the infant population except?

A common pharmacologic intervention for the problem of spasticity in the patient with multiple sclerosis is

The nurse working in the emergency department assesses a patient who has symptoms of stroke. All the following are modifiable risk factors except for?

A patient on continuous video monitoring is observed having a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.  This means that the patient is exhibiting  

A nurse on a pediatric floor is getting report from the night shift nurse. Which of the following clients should the nurse assess first? 

The nurse is caring for a patient in the ICU who has a brain stem herniation and who is exhibiting an altered level of consciousness. Monitoring reveals that the patient’s mean arterial pressure (MAP) is 60 mmm Hg with an intracranial pressure (ICP) reading of 5 mm Hg. What is the nurse’s most appropriate action?

While completing a health history on a patient who has recently experienced a seizure, the nurse would assess for what characteristic associated with the postictal state?

What information given by a 70-year-old patient during a health history indicates to the nurse that the patient should be screened for hepatitis C?

The client recovering from a head injury is arousable and participating in care. The nurse determines that the client understands measures to prevent elevations in intracranial pressure if the nurse observes the client doing which of the following activities?