A patient arrives in the ER with blurred and double vision, muscle weakness, and intolerance of temperature changes. The physician suspects multiple sclerosis. What test would you expect the physician to do in order to confirm his or her suspicions?

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Question 1 of 5

A patient arrives in the ER with blurred and double vision, muscle weakness, and intolerance of temperature changes. The physician suspects multiple sclerosis. What test would you expect the physician to do in order to confirm his or her suspicions?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

Why should the nurse wake up a client, who is to undergo an EEG, at midnight?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

The nurse in the postoperative unit prepares to receive a client after a balloon angioplasty of the carotid artery. Which of the following items should the nurse keep at the bedside for such a client in the case of an emergency situation based on the procedure that was done?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

Which of the following actions should the nurse perform before a client with impaired physical mobility gets up?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

How do spinal nerves of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) differ from cranial nerves (CNs)?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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