The patient is diagnosed with Brown-Séquard syndrome after a knife wound to the spine. Which description accurately describes this syndrome?

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The patient is diagnosed with Brown-Séquard syndrome after a knife wound to the spine. Which description accurately describes this syndrome?

A. Damage to the most distal cord and nerve roots, resulting in flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs and areflexic bowel and bladder B. Spinal cord damage resulting in ipsilateral motor paralysis and contralateral loss of pain and sensation below the level of the lesion C. Rare cord damage resulting in loss of proprioception below the lesion level with retention of motor control and temperature and pain sensation D. Often caused by flexion injury with acute compression of cord resulting in complete motor paralysis and loss of pain and temperature sensation below the level of injury

Correct Answer: B

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

Question 2 of 5

A week following a spinal cord injury at T2, a patient experiences movement in his leg and tells the nurse that he is recovering some function. What is the nurse's best response to the patient?

A. It is really still too soon to know if you will have a return of function.' B. That could be a really positive finding. Can you show me the movement?' C. That's wonderful. We will start exercising your legs more frequently now.' D. I'm sorry but the movement is only a reflex and does not indicate normal function.'

Correct Answer: B

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

Question 3 of 5

A 78-year-old woman has a physiologic change related to aging in her joints. What is an appropriate nursing intervention related to common changes of aging in the musculoskeletal system?

A. Encourage rest to eliminate fatigue B. Provide all care for the patient to ensure that care is completed C. Encourage eating enough calories to avoid the risk for impaired skin integrity D. Have the patient exercise to maintain muscle strength and avoid the risk for falls

Correct Answer: D

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

Question 4 of 5

During muscle strength testing, the patient has active movement against gravity and some resistance to pressure. What score should the nurse give this finding?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

Correct Answer: C

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

Question 5 of 5

The patient asks, 'What does the doctor mean when he says that I have an avulsion fracture in my leg? I thought I had a sprain!' What is the best response by the nurse?

A. It is a fracture with more than two fragments B. It means that a ligament pulled a bone fragment loose C. The line of the fracture is twisted along the shaft of the bone D. The line of the fracture is at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bone

Correct Answer: B

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

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