What type of posturing exists when a person with a severe closed head injury has all four extremities in rigid extension with the forearms in hyperpronation and the legs in plantar extension?
a. Decorticate
b. Decerebrate
c. Spastic
d. Cerebellar
Ans: b. Decerebrate
You might also like to view...
A parent tells the nurse that her child is scheduled for an x-ray of the bladder and urethra that is done while the child is urinating. What is this test known as?
a. Cystometrogram b. Cystoscopy c. Voiding cystourethrogram d. Intravenous pyelogram
The patient is sitting in a chair at the bedside. The nurse is preparing to remove the patient's artificial eye. What should the nurse do to best position the patient for this procedure? Ask the patient to:
1) Lean forward and rest the arms on the overbed table. 2) Sit back in the chair and tilt the head back. 3) Move to the bed and lie down. 4) Stand up and lean over the bed.
The nurse is instructing a client with obstructive pulmonary disease in pursed-lip breathing. This type of breathing will provide which of the following for the client?
1. It encourages the client to take slow, deep breaths instead of rapid, shallow breaths. 2. It delivers a volume of air under pressure. 3. It prevents collapse of the smaller airways. 4. It encourages deep breathing.
The nurse encourages the mother of a healthy newborn to put the newborn to the breast immediately after birth for which reason?
A) To aid in maturing the newborn's sucking reflex B) To encourage the development of maternal antibodies C) To facilitate maternal–infant bonding D) To enhance the clearing of the newborn's respiratory passages