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

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

In assessing a patient with suspected Bell’s palsy, what clinical manifestations might be present?

The nurse is assessing the results of diagnostic tests on a client’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Which values and observations does the nurse correlate as most indicative of viral meningitis? 

A client had a stroke. A nurse has arranged a consultation with an occupational therapist in order to enhance the client’s ability to

A patient’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture findings showed a white blood cell count of 1200 cells/uL, protein 620 mg/dL, and glucose 25 mg/dL. What could be the diagnosis for the patient?

Which disease exhibits Lhermitte’s sign as a clinical manifestation?

When a client is admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state following an hemorrhage stroke resulting from a ruptured intracranial aneurysm, the nurse anticipates that the manifestations that preceded the loss of consciousness were

After a fall, a patient’s vital signs at the accident site are: pulse of 60 beats/min, blood pressure of 134/40 mm Hg, respirations of 14/min, and temperature of 95º F. His lower extremities are flaccid, bowel sounds are absent, and the bladder is distended. The patient is exhibiting:

The nurse explains that, regardless of the actual etiology of Parkinson’s disease, the basic pathophysiology is: