What is the purpose of a stretch reflex (aka Deep Tendon Reflex)?

What is neuroplasticity?  Provide an example of neuroplasticity in action (not removal of half the brain).

A patient with chronic kidney disease has an eGFR of 27 mL/min/1.73 m². Which plan of care is most appropriate for the nurse to anticipate?

Your patient is a 72 year old male 3 weeks following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with dysphagia.  The patient’s symptoms associated with dysphagia place him at risk for which of the following?

When instructing a patient in a floor>stand transfer, which should the patient ideally push up with?

Habituation and sensitization are two very simple forms of non-associative learning.  Describe one of them and provide a clinical or real-life example. 

List two components of the gait cycle and how each might be affected by the aging process. 

A nurse is teaching about parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) activity. Which effects should the nurse include? Select all that apply.  (Select all that apply.)

IMG_6174.MOV Which of the following statements describes the muscle contraction causing the osteokinematic motion shown in this video?

List five bodily systems that are affected by bed rest.  List one complication of bed rest that impacts each of the five systems that you listed.