The nurse is caring for a client with a spinal cord injury. What test reveals the level of spinal cord injury?
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The nursing instructor is teaching about hematomas to a pre-nursing pathophysiology class. What would the nursing instructor describe as an arterial bleed with rapid neurologic deterioration?
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The nurse is caring for a client with a head injury after a fall. Which of the following indicates the presence of, or leaking of, cerebral spinal fluid?
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The nurse is admitting a client from the emergency department with a reported spinal cord injury. What device would the nurse expect to be used to provide correct vertebral alignment and to increase the space between the vertebrae in a client with spinal cord injury?
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The nurse is caring for a client with impaired physical mobility who has been hospitalized. What nursing intervention helps reduce the potential for formation of thrombi and renal calculi in this client?
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