The nurse assesses a patient with new loss of sensation and motor function without obvious trauma. What diagnostic test does the nurse suspect would be ordered to assist with accurate neurologic diagnosis?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a confirmed stroke. What finding in the client’s history would contraindicate the use of thrombolytic therapy? 

The nurse is assessing an elderly client with metastatic brain tumors in the frontal cerebral hemisphere. What symptom could be attributed to neurologic compression by the tumors?

The nurse is providing care for a client who has experienced a type I hypersensitivity reaction. What client is having this type of reaction?

What is a priority nursing responsibility for the care of a patient with a brain abscess?

The perinatal nurse is providing care for a healthy infant who was born yesterday to a primiparous female client. The nurse explains to the client that the genetic screening for the infant is mandated. What is the nurse’s best rationale for this?

The ICU nurse is caring for a patient following spinal anesthesia. When assessing this patient, the nurse recognizes what characteristic indicating development of neurogenic shock?

The nurse is caring for a patient after spinal surgery for a cervical discectomy. What immediate post-operative complication should the nurse be alert to? 

The nurse identifies the need for further education when the patient makes which statement about his/her radiation device?

A patient is brought to the emergency department (ED) by paramedics who report that the patient has partial-thickness burns on the chest and legs. The patient has also suffered smoke inhalation. What is priority in the care of this patient?