A patient is unable to move the extremities after experiencing a spinal cord injury. What term should the nurse use to document paralysis of all four extremities?

a. Paraplegia
b. Hemiparesis
c. Quadriplegia
d. Quadriparesis


ANS: C
Paralysis of all four extremities is called quadriplegia. D. Weakness of all extremities is called quadriparesis. A. Paraplegia is paralysis of the lower extremities. B. Hemiparesis is weakness of one side.

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