While assisting the RN in the ICU with a closed head injury you notice the patient’s vital sign trends are not consistent and don’t seem to have a normal baseline. The patient is not responsive and needs to be on a ventilator. You suspect he has trauma to which area of the brain?

During a bed bath the CNA asks the nurse why she continues to talk to the patient with a long history of ALS because he never responds, and she doesn’t think he can even understand her. The best response for the nurse would be: 

A 24-year-old male come into the clinic asking for additional information on Huntington’s disease. He tells the nurses that he thinks his mother is suffering from this disease currently. He has done genealogy studies of his family and fears that it does run on his mother’s side.  Appropriate information the nurse would give to the client is: 

____ is the drug of choice for management for patients who suffer from either generalized or partial seizures. 

After receiving report on a patient who sustained a moderately severe head injury 24 hours ago and is still being monitored for increased ICP the nurse checks in with the patient’s family members to assess how they are doing. The family member is visibly upset and tells the oncoming nurse, “I didn’t like that other nurse at all, she would only give my husband Tylenol for pain.” The best response for the family at this time would be which of the following?

Within the long-term care environment, the LPN/LVN usually functions in the capacity of:

Priority goal assessment for the home health nurse caring for a child with cerebral palsy should be focused on: 

Nurses working on a memory care unit, where most residents experience chronic confusion, can help with reality orientation by doing of the following?

A nurse is caring for a burn patient. Which action best prevents contractures?

A mother is concerned about her daughter’s lethargy after having her first seizure. The nurse’s best response to the mother’s concerns would be: