Exam 50: Cerebral Dysfunction

When providing discharge teaching to the mother of a child with a slight head injury,which symptom should the nurse tell the parent to seek medical attention for immediately?

What is the priority nursing intervention when caring for a child with Reye's syndrome?

Which is used in the treatment of brain tumours in children?

Which does the Glasgow Coma Scale assess?

The nurse is preparing a school-age child for a computed tomography (CT)scan to assess cerebral function.When preparing the child for the scan,which is the basis of the nurse's response?

The mother of a 2-month-old infant tells the nurse that she worries her baby will get meningitis like her oldest son did when he was an infant.What knowledge should the nurse base her response on?

What symptoms were present in the child for the nurse to document the child's level of consciousness as a stupor? Select all that apply.Express answer with small letters followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

A child is brought to the emergency department after experiencing a seizure at school.There is no previous history of seizures.The father tells the nurse that he cannot believe the child has epilepsy.What is the basis of the nurses' response?

Which type of seizure involves both hemispheres of the brain?

What agents are implicated for causing viral encephalitis?

Place the levels of consciousness descriptor terms in order,beginning with most alert state.

An infant with hydrocephalus is hospitalized for surgical placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.What intervention should be included in the child's postoperative care?

A school-age child has sustained a head injury and multiple fractures after being thrown from a horse.The child's level of consciousness is variable.The parents tell the nurse they think their child is in pain because of periodic crying and restlessness.What is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?

Which drug is used to treat a child who has increased intracranial pressure (ICP)resulting from cerebral edema?

What type of seizure may be difficult to detect?

What is a clinical manifestation of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)in an infant?

The nurse is closely monitoring a child who is unconscious after a fall and notices that he suddenly has a fixed and dilated pupil.How should the nurse interpret this finding?

A 3-year-old child is hospitalized after a submersion injury.The child's mother complains to the nurse,"This seems unnecessary when he is perfectly fine." What is the basis for the nurses' response?

When assessing a child with increased intracranial pressure (ICP),which are considered late signs? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

Which neurological diagnostic test gives a visualized horizontal and vertical cross section of the brain at any axis?