True or False: Environmental and occupational hazards should be assessed when client’s present with neurological impairment.

A patient describes being confused and weak after a seizure. The nurse knows this refers to which phase of a seizure?

What is the definition of tactile discrimination?

If the nurse was performing the Four Unrelated Words Test on a patient; she would become concerned if she could not _____________ four unrelated words ____________.

The nurse makes a light stroke up the sole of a patient’s foot in the shape of an upside-down ‘J.’ The patient’s toes flex downward. What would the nurse document this as?

Which of the following defines the function of the peripheral nervous system?

When a patient has had an injury to the occipital lobe, the nurse would expect which clinical manifestations?

A patient with known brain trauma states the following: “I buy obie get spirding and take my train.” What is the best description of this patient’s problem?

In obtaining a health history on a 74-year-old patient, the nurse notes that he drinks alcohol daily and that has noticed a tremor in his hands that affects his ability to hold things. With this information, what response should the nurse make?

The nurse is assessing orientation on a 79-year-old patient. Which of the following statements would lead the nurse to conclude that this patient is oriented x 3?