NURS 6512 Week 9 Quiz (Version 1)
• Question 1
Environmental hazards and cognitive function are data needed for the personal and social history
section of a neurologic assessment for:
Response
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Exposure to lead, arsenic, insecticides, organic solvents, dangerous equipment, and work at heights or in water are important factors to consider in the personal and social history of all patients.
• Question 2
You have asked a patient to close his eyes and identify an object placed in his hand. You are
evaluating:
Response
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Stereognosis is the ability to recognize an object through touch and manipulation.Tactile agnosia, an inability to recognize objects by touch, suggests a parietal lobe lesion. Graphesthesia tests the patient s ability to identify the figure being drawn on their palm. The vibratory sense uses a tuning fork placed on a bony prominence.Two-point discrimination uses two sharp objects to determine the distance at which the patient can no longer distinguish the two points. The extinction phenomenon tests sensation by simultaneously touching bilateral sides of the body with a sterile needle.
• Question 3
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Motor maturation proceeds in an orderly progression from:
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Motor maturation proceeds in a cephalocaudal direction. Motor control of the head and neck develops first, followed by the trunk and extremities. The other choices are incorrect because they relate maturation sequence inappropriately.
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• Question 4
The Denver II is a tool used to determine:
Response Denver II is a tool to determine whether the child is developing fine and gross
motor skills, language, and personal social skills as expected according to the
Feedback: child s age.
• Question 5
A positive Babinski sign is normal until what age?
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A positive Babinski sign, fanning of the toes and dorsiflexion of the great toe, is a
normal finding until the infant is 16 to 24 months old.
• Question 6
While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John s wort. You make a short note to check for results of the:
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