Exam 70: Management of Clients with Stroke

The nurse encourages a stroke victim by telling them that following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) caused by thrombosis, the client's condition may improve after several days as a result of

A client with stroke has a nursing diagnosis of Impaired Verbal Communication and has specific difficulty in verbal expression. The most helpful strategy by the nurse would be to

A nurse teaches a community class about primary prevention for stroke, which includes (Select all that apply)

The nurse assesses agnosia in a client who had a CVA. An example of this disturbance would be an inability to

The nurse is caring for a client who had a stroke several years ago. The client has indicators of being malnourished. The nurse would assess the client for which of the following?

Safety precautions the nurse instructs the client with homonymous hemianopsia to use include

When a client has undergone a carotid endarterectomy and has been returned to the nursing unit with stable vital signs, the nurse should

A client who has left hemiparesis as a result of stroke is getting out of bed to the chair for the first time. The nurse should position the chair

A client had a stroke. A nurse has arranged a consultation with an occupational therapist in order to enhance the client's ability to

The assessment the nurse documents that supports the finding of apraxia would be the client's inability to

An emergency department nurse is admitting a client with ischemic stroke who is eligible for thrombolytic therapy. The nurse works quickly to provide care, knowing that for this therapy to be effective, it must be administered in a post-stroke time window of

The critical care nurse explains to the family of a client who is to receive nimodipine following hemorrhagic stroke that the purpose of this drug is to treat

To best help the client who has the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Coping after a stroke, the nurse would

The nurse would assess the client with a history of TIAs for

To promote safety, when a client complains of the effects of diplopia after a stroke, the nurse would

A client is admitted to the hospital with right-sided hemiplegia as a result of a stroke. To help prevent contractures, the nurse should employ which of the following interventions? (Select all that apply.)

The nursing action that would be appropriate in caring for a client who has experienced stroke because of hemorrhage is to

The nurse has consulted with the interdisciplinary stroke team to facilitate a client's discharge to home from the rehabilitation facility. The occupational therapist recommends a therapeutic day pass. The nurse explains to the family that the purpose of the pass is to (Select all that apply)

A client has had two TIAs. Priority nursing actions focus on

Self-care measures the nurse or speech therapist should teach the client who has residual dysphagia after a stroke include (Select all that apply)