Status epilepticus : (Multiple Choice)

Status epilepticus
 
  A) may be treated with intravenous diazepam (Valium).
  B) is defined as two or more unprovoked seizures.
  C) develops in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease.
  D) may be mistaken for daydreaming.

Question 2

The staff development instructor is planning an inservice for nursing staff on the theories of aging. What should the instructor include about immune dysregulation?
 
  1. Immune cells attack the normal body tissues.
  2. The ability to differentiate between invaders and normal tissues diminishes with age.
  3. The immune system is not able to defend the body from foreign invaders with age.
  4. Changes in the immune system disrupt the regulation of immune process components.

Question 3

Treatment of stroke with thrombolytic therapy, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
 
  A) is indicated if the stroke symptoms have occurred within 6 hours or less.
  B) is administered to dissolve the clot that is occluding the cerebral circulation and reestablish circulation to the involved part of the brain.
  C) has not been associated with serious complications.
  D) is used to treat thrombotic and hemorrhagic strokes.

Question 4

The nurse is planning care for an older patient recently diagnosed with HIV who wants to remain sexually active. Which would be a priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?
 
  1. Self-care deficit related to depression
  2. Social isolation related to fear of AIDS
  3. Risk for infection related to immunodeficiency
  4. Knowledge deficit related to preventing transmission of HIV

Question 5

A 75-year-old client's family is asking the nurse about Parkinson's disease, which is being considered as a probable diagnosis for the client. The nurse knows that Parkinson's disease
 
  A) is more common in persons under age 50.
  B) responds well to surgical treatment.
  C) is a chronic, progressive, neurological disease affecting movement.
  D) is diagnosed by changes observed on a CT scan of the brain.

Question 6

An older client diagnosed with Parkinson's disease is being discharged from the hospital and will continue taking carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet), which was started this admission.
 
  The nurse knows that the client understands the instruction when he states
  A) I will take the medication with my meals.
  B) This medication will cure my Parkinson's disease in time.
  C) This medication will not affect my blood pressure medications.
  D) I will sit up for several minutes to gain my balance before going from lying down to standing up.