You are assessing a patient for peripheral vascular disease in the arms, secondary to a complaint of increased weakness and a history of coronary artery disease and diabetes. You assess the brachial and radial pulses and note that they are bounding. What does that translate to on a scale of 0 to 3?

You are assessing a patient for peripheral vascular disease in the arms, secondary to a complaint of increased weakness and a history of coronary artery disease and diabetes. You assess the brachial and radial pulses and note that they are bounding. What does that translate to on a scale of 0 to 3?

Which of these patients in the neurologic ICU will be best to assign to an RN who has floated from the medical unit?

A client admitted to the hospital with a neurological problem requires magnetic resonance imaging. The nurse understands that the client may be ineligible for this diagnostic procedure based on the client's history of:

A physical therapist assesses the functional strength of a patient's hip extensors while observing the patient move from standing to sitting. What type of contraction occurs in the hip extensors during this activity?

A physical therapist observes the gait of a patient rehabilitating from a traumatic brain injury. The patient has significant spasticity in the lower extremities and demonstrates a scissoring gait pattern. The MOST likely cause of the gait deviation is increased tone in the: