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urbanoutfitters

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A nurse is teaching a client with cerebellar function impairment. Which statement should the nurse include in this client's discharge teaching?
 
  a. Connect a light to flash when your door bell rings.
  b. Label your faucet knobs with hot and cold signs.
  c. Ask a friend to drive you to your follow-up appointments.
  d. Use a natural gas detector with an audible alarm.

Question 2

A nurse assesses a client with a brain tumor. Which newly identified assessment findings should alert the nurse to urgently communicate with the health care provider? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8
  b. Decerebrate posturing
  c. Reactive pupils
  d. Uninhibited speech
  e. Diminished cognition



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Cerebellar function enables the client to predict distance or gauge the speed with which one is approaching an object, control voluntary movement, maintain equilibrium, and shift from one skilled movement to another in an orderly sequence. A client who has cerebellar function impairment should not be driving. The client would not have difficulty hearing, distinguishing between hot and cold, or smelling.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, E
The nurse should urgently communicate changes in a client's neurologic status, including a decrease in the Glasgow Coma Scale score, abnormal flexion or extension, changes in cognition or speech, and pinpointed, dilated, and nonreactive pupils.




urbanoutfitters

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Wow, this really help


mjenn52

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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