Exam 38: Rehabilitation Nursing

What should a nurse explain to a patient as a cause of triggering autonomic dysreflexia?

When changing the position of a patient with a spinal cord injury at T4,the nurse should recognize that what symptom is an indication of an episode of autonomic dysreflexia?

The nurse takes special care to be gentle in caring for patients with spinal cord injuries to avoid stimulating the autonomic nervous system and triggering which condition?

What is the best way to define a handicap?

Which is a characteristic of the interdisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation team?

When speaking to a group of high school students,the rehabilitation nurse states that spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis occur mainly as the result of traumatic accidents in which group of individuals?

The nurse who helps a patient with a disability rejoice in the acquisition of the smallest new skill is embracing which rehabilitation philosophy?

The patient with a brain injury is beginning to regain memory.The nurse explains to the family that what will most likely occur?

When caring for a 32-year-old Hispanic male who has become disabled,on what should the rehabilitation team base the priority of treatment goals?

The rehabilitation nurse recognizes that the majority of patients with head injuries show no abnormal neurologic findings and experience no loss of consciousness.How should the nurse categorize this type of brain injury?

The acquisition of adaptive skills and behaviors by an individual who has been disabled since birth refers to:

A 33-year-old patient with a spinal cord injury says to the nurse,"I've let my family down.I don't know what to do." What would be the best response by the nurse?

The nurse explains that the main roles of the gerontological rehabilitation nurse are to provide rehabilitative care and what other role?

What should the nurse do to decrease the potential for a deep vein thrombosis (DVT)in a patient who is a paraplegic from a spinal cord injury?

When planning care for children,the nurse uses a concept that recognizes the pivotal role of the family in the lives of children with disabilities or other chronic conditions.What is this philosophy called?

The nurse recognizes that the rehabilitation process involves the efforts of various disciplines.The focus of rehabilitation is to build on which area?