The parents of a child with meningitis and multiple seizurask if their child will likely develop cerebral palsy (CP). Select the nursbest response.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Monitored by a specialist post-discharge is best, per neurology texts. CP diagnosis requirtime, not acute scans . Age and prevalence misinform. Cs observation makes itthe correct answer.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Rectal diazepam is first for status epilepticus, per AAN guidelines, stopping seizurquickly while IV access is prepared. Glucose and oral diazepam are impractical. Bs speed makes itthe correct answer.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Tract . In the central nervous system (CNS), a tract refers to a bundle or collection of axons (nerve fibers) that transmit similar typof information, such as motor or sensory signals, within the brain or spinal cord. For example, the corticospinal tract carrimotor signals from the brain to the spinal cord. Choice A, Ganglion, is incorrect because it refers to a cluster of neuron cell bodies, typically found in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), not a collection of axons in the CNS. Choice B, Nerve, is also incorrect as it describa bundle of axons in the PNS, not the CNS, where the term tract is used instead. Choice C, Nucleus, refers to a group of neuron cell bodiwithin the CNS, not axons, making it an unsuitable answer. Thus, Tract is the precise term for a collection of axons in the CNS, making D the correct choice.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The spinal cord has a cervical enlargement for the brachial plexus . The spinal cord has two enlargements: the cervical enlargement (C5-T1), which supplithe brachial plexus for the upper limbs, and the lumbosacral enlargement (L1-S3), for the lower limbs. This is a correct anatomical feature. Choice B is incorrect because spinal nervattach to the spinal cord via anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) roots, not rami (rami are branchafter the nerve forms). Choice C is wrong as the spinal cord typically ends at L1-L2 in adults, not L4. Choice D is incorrect because the denticulate ligaments anchor the spinal cord to the dura mater, not directly to the vertebral pedicles. Thus, A accurately describa feature of the spinal cord, making it the correct answer.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Contains visceral sensory and somatic sensory cell bodi. The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) is a structure outside the spinal cord containing the cell bodiof sensory neurons, including somatic sensory (e.g., touch, pain) and visceral sensory (e.g., organ sensation) neurons, which send axons into the spinal cord via the dorsal roots. Choice A is incorrect because somatic motor cell bodiare in the ventral horn, not the DRG. Choice B is wrong as parasympathetic cell bodiare located in the brainstem or sacral spinal cord, not the DRG. Choice C is false since the lateral horn (not DRG) contains autonomic neurons in the thoracolumbar region. Thus, D correctly identifithe sensory role of the DRG, making it the right answer.