Which of the following is the most reliable index of a patient’s neurologic condition?

A patient is admitted to the ED with possible spinal cord injury between T4 and T12. Which clinical finding would the nurse not expect to note?

Which drug is the treatment of choice to prevent seizures from traumatic head injury?

A 23-year-old man is brought to the ED after suddenly feeling ill while exercising with weights at a local health spa. While in the ED, he complains of a sudden, explosive headache. The nurse suspects:

The nurse knows that all of the following statements about epidural and subdural hematomas are false except:

The nurse would anticipate further assessment of a patient with a basal skull fracture to possibly reveal:

The nurse knows that loss of motor function in the right arm and leg may indicate a lesion in the:

The nurse typically begins to assess level of consciousness by using:

Diagnostic studies reveal a temporal fracture with a pineal shift. The nurse would interpret this finding to indicate:

A man arrives at the ED via ambulance after sustaining a hemi-section of the spinal cord from a stab wound to the right side of the back. He experiences loss of movement on the right side and loss of pain and temperature sensations on the left.The nurse knows that this syndrome is called: