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A nurse is performing an assessment of a 7-year-old child who is suspected of having episodes of absence seizures.  Which of the following assessment questions to the mother will assist in providing information that will identify the symptoms associated with this type of seizure?

An emergency department (ED) nurse receives a report that an incoming patient has a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 8. Which is the most appropriate action by the nurse?

A nursing diagnosis that applies to patients with Parkinson’s disease is:

When obtaining a health history and physical assessment for a 36-year-old female patient with possible multiple sclerosis (MS), the nurse should

A patient with unstable angina has been started on nitroglycerin. The patient reports a new-onset headache with pain 5/10. What is the nurses best response?

When obtaining the nursing history from a patient who has open-angle (chronic) glaucoma, a complaint that the nurse should expect is: 

A nurse is teaching a patient with cerebellar function impairment. Which statement would the nurse include in this patient’s discharge teaching?

The nurse caring for an elderly patient with macular degeneration should assess for:

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?