Brunner & Suddarth Med-Surg 13th ed Ch. 70

Which of the following medication classifications should be avoided in the treatment of brain tumors?

Anticoagulants

In which location are most brain angiomas located?

Cerebellum

A 37-year-old mother of three has just been diagnosed with a grade I meningioma. As part of patient education, the nurse tells the patient that:

Growth is slow and symptoms are caused by compression rather than tissue invasion.

A client is admitted to undergo lumbar laminectomy for treatment of a herniated disk. Which action should the nurse take first to promote comfort preoperatively?

Help the client assume a more comfortable position.

Which of the following diseases is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of the nervous system that results in progressive involuntary dancelike movements and dementia?

Huntington disease

A client was undergoing conservative treatment for a herniated nucleus pulposus, at L5 - S1, which was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging. Because of increasing neurological symptoms, the client undergoes lumbar laminectomy. The nurse should take which step during the immediate postoperative period?

Logroll the client from side to side.

A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) asks if the nurse has heard of a drug that will prolong the patient's life. The nurse knows that there is a medication that may prolong the life by 3 to 6 months. What medication is the patient referring to?

Riluzole (Rilutek)

A patient with Parkinson's disease is experiencing an on-off syndrome. What does the nurse recognize that the patient's clinical symptoms will be?

The patient will have periods of near immobility, followed by a sudden return of effectiveness of the medication.

The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements related to difficulty in chewing and swallowing for a client with Parkinson's disease. Which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to integrate into the client's plan of care?

Encourage the client to massage the facial and neck muscles before eating.

A health care provider needs help in identifying the precise location of a brain tumor. To measure brain activity, as well as to determine structure, the nurse expects the health care provider to order which of the following tests?

Positron-emission tomography (PET)