nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about spinal cord injuries in clients who are aged 65 years and older. Which of the following should the nurse identify as the most common cause of spinal cord injuries for this age group?

A client with a C3 spinal cord injury has a headache and nausea. The client's blood pressure is 170/100 mm Hg. How should the nurse respond initially?

The nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who sustained a spinal cord injury at T4. The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for developing

Which term would the nurse use to document a patient who is comatose from a head injury and displays flexion of the arms, wrists, and fingers, as well as adduction of the upper extremities?

Which is a priority nonoperative treatment following a spinal cord injury?

To prevent the leading cause of death for clients with spinal cord injury, collaboration with which member of the interprofessional health care team is a nursing priority?

The nurse assists with the prehospital care of a patient who experienced a 15-foot fall. Which action by the nurse will limit the damage if a spinal cord injury (SCI) has occurred?

You keep a postcraniotomy patient's neck in midline position and ensure that there is no excessive hip flexion. The rationale for your action would be that this position:

A nurse is caring for a client who has quadriplegia from a spinal cord injury and reports having a severe headache. The nurse obtains a blood pressure reading of 210/108 mm Hg and suspects the client is experiencing autonomic dysreflexia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The nurse is caring for a client with cerebral edema. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as a potential cause of cerebral edema? (Select All that Apply.)

For the patient with a closed head injury from a blunt object, which assessment would the nurse perform as the most reliable clinical indication of a patient's development of an increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?