1. Most patients with hemorrhagic strokes are placed in bed in which position?

2. The majority of ischemic strokes have what type of origin?

3. Eighty percent of hemorrhagic strokes are primarily caused by:

4. The most common side effect of t-PA is:

5. An emergency department nurse understands that a 110-lb recent stroke victim will receive at least the minimum dose of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). The patient will receive a minimum dose of:

6. The most common cause of cerebrovascular disease is:

7. The etiology of an ischemic stroke would include a(an):

8. The degree of neurologic damage that occurs with an ischemic stroke depends on the:

9. A classic diagnostic system of hemorrhagic stroke is the patient’s compliant of:

10. The most common motor dysfunction of a stroke is:

11. The nurse knows that symptoms associated with a transient ischemic attack (TIA), usually a precursor of a future stroke, usually subside in:

12. As a cause of death in the United States, stroke currently ranks:

13. A stroke victim is experiencing memory loss and impaired learning capacity. The nurse knows that brain damage has most likely occurred in which lobe?

14. The initial mortality rate for a stroke can be as high as:

15. The initial diagnostic test for a stroke, usually performed in the emergency department, is a: