The nurse is reviewing laboratory results of a client who has liver failure. Which finding would place the client at increased risk for bleeding?

Which intervention is a priority for the nurse when caring for a client with hypokalemia?

The nurse is providing client education to a client newly diagnosed with Parkinson disease. The nurse most accurately describes the disease progression as:

A client diagnosed with Parkinson disease is displaying the following manifestations: tremor, rigidity, and slowness of movement. The nurse would interpret these as:

Recognizing that falls are a significant source of morbidity among older adults, the manager of a geriatric medical unit is conducting a workshop for the health care team on fall prevention. Which of the following patients would the care providers be most likely to anticipate being at a potentially high risk for falls?

A client's recent diagnosis of Parkinson disease has prompted the care provider to promptly begin pharmacologic therapy. The drugs prescribed will likely influence the client's levels of which substance?

A sudden, traumatic, complete transection of the spinal cord results in what type of injury below the site?

The client presents with a traumatic complete spinal cord transection at the C5 level. Based on this injury, the health care worker can expect the client to have control of which body function/part?

A woman gave birth to a small infant with a malformed skull. The infant grows slowly and shows signs of substantial cognitive and intellectual deficits. The child also has facial abnormalities that become more striking as it develops. What might the nurse expect to find in the mother's pregnancy history?

The nurse is explaining to a client’s family how vasogenic brain edema occurs. The most appropriate information for the nurse to provide would be:

The results of recent research suggest that a key role in the origin of some diseases is played by inflammation. For which disease is it thought that inflammation has a role in its beginnings?

During physiology class, the instructor asks students to explain the pathology behind development of multiple sclerosis. Which student gave the most accurate description?

A 60-year-old woman has been recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the oligodendrocytes of the client's central nervous system (CNS) are progressively destroyed. Which physiologic process within the neurologic system is most likely to be affected by this disease process?

Reflexes are basically “hard-wired” into the CNS. Anatomically, the basis of a reflex is an afferent neuron that synapses directly with an effector neuron to cause muscle movement. Sometimes the afferent neuron synapses with what intermediary between the afferent and effector neurons?

A nurse assesses a client brought in to the psychiatric unit by family members who believe the client has agoraphobia. The nurse documents which assessment findings as supporting agoraphobia?

A chart entry on a client on the behavioral health unit reveals the client was raped 5 months earlier, is having difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, has recurrent disturbing dreams about the rape and attributes the irritability due to the sleep deprivation. The client cannot recall details of the rape and avoids talking about them. The client feels like the rape is happening again when having sex with the spouse. The nurse recognizes that this client is experiencing symptoms of what disorder?

A client with bipolar disorder, manic phase, just sat down to watch television in the lounge. As the nurse approaches the lounge area, the client states, “The sun is shining. Where is my son? I love Lucy. Let’s play ball.” The client is displaying which condition?

A parent is concerned that the parent's child might suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The parent brings the child in to be evaluated. Which behavior reported by the parent would be consistent with this diagnosis?

A 6-year-old client who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder would be expected to display which behavior?

The nurse is assessing a child with autism spectrum disorder. After reading the medical history, the nurse finds that the child engages in stereotypical motor behavior. Which observation of the child made by the nurse might be indicative of stereotypical motor behavior?