Exam 38: Rehabilitation Nursing

The nurse who assesses for cultural influences,values cultural diversity,and incorporates cultural knowledge in practice is said to be ____________ _____________.

The nurse should tell a paraplegic that the rehabilitation experience will consist of:

The nurse is caring for a victim of post-traumatic stress syndrome.The nurse identifies which techniques as examples of therapeutic communication? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse instructs the mother of a 5-year-old who sustained a mild brain injury that although all neurologic evaluations are normal,her child may exhibit postconcussive syndrome.What are common characteristics of this syndrome?

The nurse who is engaged in gerontological rehabilitation nursing has a dual challenge.The gerontological rehabilitation nurse must assess not only the debilitating factors of disease but also which other factor?

The nurse used a diagnosis of impaired cognition for a 40-year-old patient with a brain injury.Which assessment data would support the diagnosis?

The nurse explains that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 defines a person as disabled if which criteria are met? (Select all that apply.)

A patient with quadriplegia resulting from a spinal cord injury says to the rehabilitation nurse,"I'm sick of this therapy! What is an occupational therapist going to do for me? Can she give me an 'occupation'?" What response by the nurse would be the most helpful?

The rehabilitation nurse can use basic rehabilitation skills regardless of the origin of the disability.What intervention would be effective for a person with arthritis,a person with a brain injury,or a person with a spinal cord injury?

The spinal cord injury patient has paralysis of all extremities and bowel and bladder disturbance.The nurse recognizes the injury as most likely occurring at what vertebral level?

The nurse who is part of a team focused on restoring an individual to the fullest physical,mental,social,vocational,and economic capacity is practicing what type of nursing?

The rehabilitation nurse assesses localized edema around the knee of a patient with paraplegia.The nurse suspects that this is the first sign of __________ _____________.

Following admission,how soon must a comprehension rehabilitation plan of care be implemented on a rehabilitation patient?

A child who was struck by a car and suffered a closed head injury was unconscious for 24 hours before waking.The nurse recognizes this as a _______ brain injury.

The rehabilitation nurse stresses to the family of a patient with a brain injury that difficult and painful rehabilitation will probably be required for what length of time?

When assessing a patient with a traumatic brain injury,the nurse notes that his memory is improving.The nurse should explain to the family that what other symptom may occur with memory improvement?

When the nurse observes a patient experiencing a severe episode of autonomic dysreflexia,what should be the initial intervention?

When caring for a patient with a disability,the rehabilitation nurse provides individual treatment to help the patient stay focused on which goals?

What is the primary difference between the rehabilitation of children and the rehabilitation of adults?

What should the nurse do to reduce the incidence of postural hypotension in a patient with a spinal cord injury?