The nurse is aware that when assessing a patient by the FOUR score coma scale, the patient is assessed in four categories: eye response, brainstem reflexes, motor response, and respiration. How are these results reported?
a. As a sum of the scores of the four categories
b. As part of the Glasgow coma scale
c. As individual scores in each category
d. As progressive scores during a 24-hour period
ANS: C
The FOUR score coma scale assesses the patient in four categories: eye response, brainstem reflexes, motor response, and respiration. The scores are reported as individual scores in each category. It is frequently done in conjunction with the Glasgow coma scale, not part of it.
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