The nurse asks his client to open her mouth while he touches the posterior portion of the tongue to stimulate the gag reflex.The nurse is assessing which of the following cranial nerves?

According to the Atlas of Pathophysiology (4th ed.), the direct cause of rheumatoid arthritis is:

To assess functioning of the optic nerve, the nurse will use which one of the following assessment techniques?

According to your textbook, the Atlas of Pathophysiology, women are most likely to be diagnosed with myasthenia gravis during which decades of life?

A client has rheumatoid arthritis most prominent in her hands, where she has significantly decreased ROM and strength; pain; and tenderness.What is the best nursing diagnosis for this client?(Please note:  All nursing diagnoses are real.)

Which of the following gaits was described by the physician in the abnormal gait videos as:  Extension of the affected leg with internal rotation and circumduction as well as flexion and adduction of the ipsilateral arm?

When assessing a client’s patellar tendon reflex, the nurse’s dominant hand should be positioned so that:

Given the 5×5 image shown below, compute the convolution output with the 3×3 kernel, stride of 1, no padding and dilation of 1: Note: Semicolons in the answer indicate a new row in the output. 

A physical therapy assistant (PT-A) is working with a client who is receiving therapy following an MVA (motor vehicle accident).The client is currently moving through which one of the following ranges of motion?

The most appropriate way for the nurse to assess a healthy, ambulatory client’s tandem gait is to: