13A NRG304 LEC Finals QUIZ 1

A patient is admitted with uncontrolled atrial fibrillation. The patient’s medication history includes vitamin D supplements and calcium. What type of stroke is this patient at MOST risk for?

• Ischemic thrombosis

• Ischemic embolism

• Hemorrhagic

• Ischemic stenosis

You are assigned in the ICU. Which patient below is at most risk for a hemorrhagic stroke?

• A 65 year old male patient with carotid stenosis

• A 89 year old female with atherosclerosis.

• A 88 year old male with uncontrolled hypertension and a history of brain aneurysm repair 2 years ago.

• A 55 year old female with atrial flutter.

A patient who suffered a stroke one month ago is experiencing hearing problems along with issues learning and showing emotion. On the MRI what lobe in the brain do you expect to be affected?

• Frontal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal

A patient's MRI imaging shows damage to the cerebellum a week after the patient suffered a stroke. What assessment findings would correlate with this MRI finding?

• Vision problems

• Balance impairment

• Language difficulty

• Impaired short-term memory

A patient is demonstrating signs and symptoms of stroke. The patient reports loss of vision. What area of the brain do you suspect is affected based on this finding?

• Brain stem

• Hippocampus

• Parietal lobe

• Occipital lobe

A patient has right side brain damage from a stroke. Select all the signs and symptoms that occur with this type of stroke:

• Confusion on date, time, and place

• Impulsive

• Short attention span

•  Right side hemiplegia

You're educating a group of nursing students about left side brain damage. Select all the signs and symptoms noted with this type of stroke:

• Impaired math skills

• Depression and anger

• Issues with seeing on the right side

• Impulsive

During discharge teaching for a patient who experienced a mild stroke, you are providing details on how to eliminate risk factors for experiencing another stroke. Which risk factors below for stroke are not modifiable? Select all that apply.

• Smoking

• Sedentary lifestyle

• Advanced age

• Family history

Your patient has expressive aphasia. Select all the ways to effectively communicate with this patient?

• Use a communication board

• Discourage the patient from using words.

• Don't repeat questions.

• Fill in the words for the patient they can't say.

While conversing with a patient who had a stroke six months ago, you note their speech is hard to understand and slurred. This is known as:

• Dysarthria

• Apraxia

• Dysphagia

• Agnosia