The patient with assessment findings of stroke has a normal CT scan upon admission to the emergency department. How should the nurse evaluate this information?
1. Intracranial aneurysm is a more likely diagnosis.
2. The patient must have a psychosomatic illness.
3. A second CT done later may show damage.
4. The patient should have an electroencephalogram.
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Rationale 1: There is no evidence that this is true.
Rationale 2: The patient likely has a physiological illness.
Rationale 3: Initial CT scans often do not show infarcted tissue even though an occluded artery is present.
Rationale 4: Electroencephalograms are useful in detecting abnormal brain activity such as seizure.
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