You perform an assessment of reading and find the following:   Oral reading of pseudowords: 4/5 Oral reading of real words: 1/5   What type of central alexia are these data suggestive of and why? Which route is damaged? Please answer in 1-3 complete sentences.

You perform a bedside aphasia evaluation and find the following:   Discourse sample – Western Aphasia Battery – Revised Picnic Scene verbal Picture Description: “There’s a man and a woman having a picnic on the blanket. And then I see a man fishing on the porch. No wait not porch but what’s the word? Pier, yes a man fishing on the pier. And over here there’s a boy and his dog flying something, I can’t think of the word, in the sky.   Following auditory one-step directions: 5/5 Word repetition: 5/5 Object naming: 4/5   What type of aphasia are these results suggestive of and why? Please answer in 1-3 complete sentences.

All presentations of aphasia are easily classifiable in the traditional classification system.

What is the most common cause of aphasia? (a one-word answer is sufficient)

Distorted sounds and distorted sound substitutions are characteristic of…

A client with osteomyelitis is receiving long-term IV antibiotic therapy. The nurse should monitor for which complication requiring immediate intervention?

A client has a tonic-clonic seizure in the emergency department. What is the priority nursing intervention?

A client with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is reporting difficulty breathing, shallow respirations, and has an SpO2 of 86% despite 6 L/min oxygen via nasal cannula. Which intervention should the nurse perform first?

A client presents with a sudden “worst headache of my life,” photophobia, and a positive Kernigs sign. The nurse suspects a subarachnoid hemorrhage. What is the most critical intervention?

A client with a femur fracture reports severe, worsening pain despite multiple doses of IV morphine. The affected limb is cool to touch, has absent pulses, and shows pallor. What is the nurses next action?