The nurse is evaluating a patient who has had an incomplete…
The nurse is evaluating a patient who has had an incomplete spinal cord injury following spinal trauma. He complains of weakness in his upper extremities without any symptoms in the lower extremities. The nurse recognizes these symptoms to be consistent with
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A patient with a history of several transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) arrives in the emergency department with hemiparesis and dysarthria that started 2 hours previously. A CT scan did not reveal any bleed. The nurse anticipates the need to prepare the patient for
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