A patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found. How should the nurse respond? One location in which nociceptors can be found is the:

A nurse should document on the chart that chronic pain is occurring when the patient reports the pain has lasted longer than

When planning care for a child in pain, which principle should the nurse remember? The pain threshold in children is _____ that of adults.

Point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain is:

is defined as the lowest intensity of pain that a person can recognize

Which finding indicates the patient is having complications from heat stroke?

A 52-year-old male enters a sleep study to gather information about his sleep disturbances. He reports that his wife will not let him sleep in the bed with her until he stops snoring so loudly. He also reports feeling tired a lot through the day. When the nurse checks the chart, what is the most likely diagnosis?

What are some signs that a patient may have of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?

In ..............one eye deviates from the other when the person is looking at an object. This is caused by a weakness or hypertonic muscle in one eye.

What are cataracts?

The nurse is performing an assessment on a client with a suspected diagnosis of cataracts. Which medical manifestation should the nurse expect to note in the early stages of cataract formation?

............is an ocular emergency that requires immediate interventions

A patient has increased intraocular pressure. Which diagnosis will the nurse observe on the chart?

What is Retinopathy:

When does Retinopathy occur most often

Is Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes mellitus, especially those patients with long- standing uncontrolled diabetes.

What’s Conductive Hearing Loss?

The patient with conductive hearing loss

The most common form of sensorineural hearing loss in the elderly is:

 The nurse is caring for a client who has suspected Meniere’s disease. Which of the following is an expected finding?

What are the symptoms of Meniere's Disease?

A client with severe Meiners’s disease is experiencing severe vertigo. Which instruction should the nurse give to the client to assist in controlling the vertigo?

The nurse would expect the patient with an alteration in proprioception to experience vertigo which is manifested by:

Is a common infection of children and infants

Is associated with ear pain, fever, irritation, inflamed tympanic membrane, and fluid in the middle ear.

The breathing pattern that reflects respirations based primarily on carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the blood is:

Dementia is defined as a:

 A nurse thinks a patient may be experiencing dementia. Which assessment finding will most help support this diagnosis?

The early stage of AD is characterized by

How would we do a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

Is Alzheimers defined by: Those senile plaque, those are amyloid plaque, Beta amyloid plaques and they are toxic to the brain neurons

The early stage of AD is characterized by:

A priority goal of treatment for the patient AD is to:

The patient is experiencing an increase in intracranial pressure. This increase results in:

When dealing with spinal injury or spinal shock, where would we have loss of sensation and motor function?

Spinal shock is characterized by:

An initial assessment finding associated with acute spinal cord injury is _____ the injury.

The primary pathology is degeneration of the basal ganglia with dysfunctional or misfolded alpha-synuclein protein and loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra which is the midbrain structure and dorsal striatum.

Consists of internal rotation and abduction of the arm with flexion of the elbows, wrists, and fingers as a result of interruption of voluntary motor tracts in the cerebral cortex. Extension of the leg may be seen.

A patient is admitted to the neurological critical care unit with a severe closed head injury. All four extremities are in rigid extension, the forearms are hyper pronated, and the legs are in plantar extension. How should the nurse chart this condition?

What are signs of Hyperflexia

Six weeks ago, a female patient suffered a T6 spinal cord injury. She then developed a blood pressure of 200/120, a severe headache, blurred vision, and bradycardia. What does the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing?

How long do migraines last

The nursing student would correctly identify the most common symptom of brain abscess as:

defects of neural tube closure

A nurse is preparing to teach about the most common defects of neural tube closure. Which one should the nurse discuss?

An infant has an anterior midline defect of neural tube closure. What term will the nurse observe written on the chart

A newborn child has a hernial protrusion of a saclike cyst through a defect in the posterior arch of a vertebra. This condition is referred to as:

A newborn child is diagnosed with a vertebral arch defect, spina bifida. This condition would lead the nurse to suspect the child may have which of the following as well? (Select all that apply)

What nutrient should the nurse encourage a woman in the early stages of pregnancy to consume to prevent neural tube defects?

A patient has excessive movement. What disorder will the nurse see documented on the chart?

What is threshold?

How long do we need to have pain to it to be chronic pain

Why is Heat stroke so bad?

Signs of obstructive sleep apnea

What is Amblyopia

What is scotoma

cataracts

what is papilledema

what is dark adaption?

AMD age related macular degeneration

What is a warning sign of Angle closure

What is conductive hearing loss

sensorinerual hearing loss is

what is vertigo

What is associated with Meniere's disease

When you see an infant with acute otitis media what should you do

apnea and then croshendo would desribe clinical manifestation of:

what triggers CHeyne stokes respirations

What is the key hallmark of Dementia

alzheimer's disease is cause by:

cereal edema has in flux of fluid in the:

cereal edema causes

parkinson's effect is caused by:

what are classic manifestations of parkinson's

what is the poorest posture we can have

signs of autonomic hyperreflexia or dysreflexia

what do you do with someone who has autonomic hyperreflexia or dysreflexia

sign and symptoms of migraine

hernia perfusion of the spinal meninges but not the cord what is it called

hernia perfusion of the spinal meninges and the cord

the neural tube is a tube that forms into the brain and spine and defects in the formation of this is caused by a lack of: