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Showing 5 questions, Sign in for moreA client is admitted to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. The nurse notes that the client has a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 7, is unresponsive to verbal commands, and has decerebrate posturing. The nurse would classify this head injury as:
A patient with a head injury has clear fluid draining from their nose and bruises around their eyes (raccoon eyes). The nurse recognizes these findings as a classic sign of which type of skull fracture?
The nurse is caring for a client with a head injury. The client's family asks the nurse about the difference between a concussion and a cerebral contusion. The nurse explains that a key distinction is that a cerebral contusion:
A patient comes to the emergency department with a history of a head injury and a brief period of unconsciousness followed by a lucid interval and then a rapid decline in level of consciousness. The nurse suspects the client has which type of hematoma?
A nurse is differentiating between a subdural hematoma and an epidural hematoma. Which of the following statements correctly describes a key difference between the two? (Select all that apply.)
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