Study Guide Quiz 4 Medical Surgical ll
Health promotion efforts to decrease the risk for ischemic stroke involve encouraging a healthy lifestyle including:
A low-fat, low cholesterol diet, and increasing exercise
A white female client is admitted to an acute care facility with a diagnosis of stroke. Her history reveals bronchial asthma, exogenous obesity, and iron deficiency anemia. Which history finding is a risk factor for stroke?
Being obese
You are giving an educational presentation at the local senior center on Parkinson's disease. What would you tell the attendees Parkinson's disease is associated with?
Decreased levels of dopamine
Which of the following is a nonmodifiable risk factor for ischemic stroke?
Gender
A nurse is providing education to a community group about ischemic strokes. One group member asks if there are ways to reduce the rick for stroke. Which of the following is a risk factor that can be modified?
Hypertension
A nurse is continually monitoring a client with a traumatic brain injury for signs of increasing intracranial pressure. The cranial vault contains brain tissue, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid; an increase in any of the components causes a change in the volume of the other. This hypothesis is called which of the following?
Monro-Kellie
A physician orders aspirin, 325 mg P.O. daily for a client who has experienced a transient ischemic attack (TIA). The nurse should teach the client that the physician has ordered this medication to:
Reduce the chance of blood clot formation
A nurse is completing discharge teaching for the client who has left-sided hemiparesis following a stroke. When investigating the client's home environment, the nurse should focus on which nursing diagnosis?
Risk for injury
A male patient with a metastatic brain tumor has a generalized seizure. He is vomiting. The family calls for the nurse. What should the nurse do first?
Turn him on his side.
Which of the following is the chief cause of intracerebral hemorrhage?
Uncontrolled hypertension
