Why is increased intracranial pressure (ICP) clinically important?
What will be an ideal response?
A sustained increased ICP greater than 15 mm Hg can result in decreased blood flow to brain tissue
and decreased O
2 delivery; if sustained, elevated ICP might lead to brain anoxia, atrophy, herniation,
or death.
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Following an ophthalmologic exam with dilating drops, a patient calls the clinic to report eye pain and seeing halos around lights. The nurse realizes that this may be narrow-angle glaucoma due to the angle between the iris and cornea being blocked. Which advice should the nurse give to the patient?
A) "This is normal and will go away as the dilating drops wear off." B) "Have someone drive you to the clinic to be evaluated immediately." C) "Call the clinic in the morning if these symptoms continue." D) "Take acetaminophen to relieve the pain."
Which age-group understands that death is final?
a. Infants and toddlers b. Children between the ages of 2 and 3 years c. Children between the ages of 4 and 5 years d. Teenagers
Which of the following statements accurately describes dissociative fugue?
A. Dissociative fugue is not precipitated by stressful events. B. Dissociative fugue is characterized by sudden, unexpected travel or bewildered wandering with inability to recall some or all of one's past. C. Dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue are completely different types of disorders. D. Dissociative fugue is characterized by a sense of observing oneself from outside the body.
An example of a sexually transmitted disease caused by a protozoan is:
A. trichomoniasis. B. dysentery. C. malaria. D. toxoplasmosis.