Question 9: You are seeing a 65 year-old male who presented…
Question 9: You are seeing a 65 year-old male who presented to your office for evaluation of left-sided flaccidity greater than 24 hours. He has PMH of HTN, HLD, AFIB( not on anticoagulation). What testing would you order to correctly diagnose him?
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Question 10: You are seeing a patient in an urgent care setting with acute onset of right facial droop, right upper and lower extremity weakness, and dysarthria. You preform your stroke evaluation and give the patient a NIHSS of 12. The patient’s last known normal was 40 minutes ago, and it was confirmed by family that was with patient. What is your MOST IMPORTANT intervention?
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Question 2: The NP is evaluating an 85-year-old female is brought in for confusion. Her family is at bedside and states that the patient has had progressive worsening of memory, difficulty finding words, inability to perform activities of daily living, and difficulty recognizing objects. The NP recognizes these symptoms as:
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Question 6: When considering the diagnosis of acute stroke, all of the following can be part of the presentation? (True or false) -partial loss of visual field -unilateral hearing loss -facial muscle paralysis -vertigo -diplopia -headache -ataxia
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