After shunt procedure, the nurse would monitor the patient's neurologic status by using which test?
a. Electroencephalogram
b. Glasgow Coma Scale
c. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
d. Monro-Kellie doctrine
ANS: B
The GCS gives a standardized numeric score of the neurologic patient assessment. An electroencephalogram is used in diagnosing and localizing the area of seizure origin. This scale is an example of one type of specific tool for nurses to use when assessing a patient following stroke. The Monroe-Kellie doctrine is not an assessment or monitoring strategy; it describes the interrelationship of volume and compliance of the three cranial components, brain tissue, cerebral spinal fluid, and blood.
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