The nurse is performing a neurologic assessment on a client diagnosed with a stroke and cannot elicit a gag reflex. This deficit is related to which of the following cranial nerves?

A client's fracture is healing and compact bone is replacing spongy bone around the periphery of the fracture. This process characterizes what phase of the bone healing process?

Pressure ulcers are caused by:

The nurse is performing the physical examination of a client with a suspected neurologic disorder.

In addition to assessing other parts of the body, the nurse should assess for neck rigidity.

Which method should help the nurse assess for neck rigidity correctly?

A client is scheduled for an electroencephalogram (EEG). When the nurse caring for the client is preparing them for the test, the client states that during childhood they were mildly electrocuted but miraculously lived.

Therefore, they are quite afraid of going through an EEG.

In what ways can the nurse help dispel the client's fear regarding the test?

A nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia. Which activity is altered as a result of this diagnosis?

A client has been diagnosed with damage to Broca's area of the left frontal lobe. To document the extent of damage, the nurse would assess the client's:

A client who has just been diagnosed with mixed muscular dystrophy asks the nurse about the usual course of this disease.

How should the nurse respond?

What should the nurse suspect when hourly assessment of urine output on a client post craniotomy exhibits a urine output from a catheter of 1,500 mL for two consecutive hours?

A clinic nurse is caring for a client with a history of osteoporosis. What diagnostic test will best allow the care team to assess the client's risk of fracture?

Which signs are manifestations of the Cushing triad? Select all that apply.