A element is considered to be a(n) ___________ element

Medical treatment following brain injury begins when?

You are working in an inpatient rehab facility and you are about to treat a patient that is s/p TBI for his initial treatment session.  You notice in the patient’s chart that the patient has a Glascow Coma Scale of 9.  You know, based on this score, that the patient has been diagnosed with what type of TBI? 

Which of the following is NOT a secondary impairment or complication of a traumatic brain injury?

A patient with a recent severe traunatic brain injury has no purposive cognitive or communicative engagement, but occassionaly smiles or cries.  What is the MOST appropriate classification of altered state of consciousness if the patient manages basic cardiorespiratory and homeostatic functions, tracking some of the PTAs movements in the room, but is not able to reliably execute purposive movement of muscle groups?

Which of the following assessment findings is an early sign of hypoxia? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is preparing to assess an elderly client who is in the hospital due to end stage emphysema. Which of the following findings would the nurse expect in this client? (Select all that apply)

During the assessment of the uvula, which of the following findings would be considered normal?

______________ are specialized proteins produced by the immune system that specifically bind to antigens on pathogens, facilitating their identification and removal from the body.

_______________ is the process of leukocytes (e.g., macrophages and neutrophils) engulfing or eating pathogenic microorganisms in the blood.