In planning a community education program for the prevention of spinal cord injuries, the nurse targets:

Following a severe head injury, a patient develops increased ICP. Which patient is experiencing Cushing’s Triad? 

A patient’s wife asks the nurse why her husband did not receive the clot busting medication (Alteplase) she has been reading about. Her husband was diagnosed with a hemorrhagic stroke. How should the nurse best respond?

Following a severe head injury, a patient develops increased ICP. Which patient is experiencing Cushing’s Triad? 

In an automobile accident, an individual’s forehead struck the windshield. The coup/countercoup would be in the:

Which of the following describes the pathophysiology of a pulmonary embolism?

Which of the following laboratory findings would be indicative of acute pancreatitis?

A patient asks the nurse about non-modifiable risk factors of atherosclerosis. The nurse tells the client that the following are non-modifiable risk factors: (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following describes the pathophysiology of a pulmonary embolism?

Multiple sclerosis is best described by which of the following statements?