1. As ICP rises, the nurse knows that she may be asked to give a commonly used osmotic diuretic:

2. A nutritional approach for seizure management includes a diet that is:

3. Irreversible neurologic dysfunction occurs when the CPP is:

4. Neurologic and neurosurgical approaches to pain relief would include:

5. The majority of cases of epilepsy occur in those:

6. A patient is admitted to the hospital with an ICP reading of 20 mm Hg and a mean arterial pressure of 90 mm Hg. The nurse knows that the cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) would be calculated at:

7. A nurse assessing urinary output as an indicator of diabetes insipidus knows that an hourly output of what volume over 2 hours may be a positive indicator?

8. A nurse assesses the patient’s level of consciousness using the Glasgow Coma Scale. What score indicates severe impairment of neurologic function?

9. Initial compensatory vital sign changes with increased ICP include all of the following except:

10. An indicator of compromised respiratory status significant enough to require mechanical ventilation for an average-weight adult patient with a neurologic dysfunction would be:

11. Long-term use of antiseizure medication in women leads to an increased incidence of:

12. Nursing care for a patient who is experiencing a convulsive seizure includes all of the following except:

13. The first priority of treatment for a patient with altered level of consciousness is:

14. Nursing care activities for a patient with increased ICP would not include:

15. ICP can be increased by a:

16. The normal range of intracranial pressure (ICP) is:

17. A nurse knows that a patient experiencing Cushing’s triad would not exhibit:

18. The most severe neurologic impairments are evidenced by abnormal body posturing defined as:

19. The earliest sign of serious impairment of brain circulation related to increasing ICP is:

20. A seizure characterized by loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the trunk and extremities, rapidly followed by repetitive generalized clonic jerking, is classified as a:

21. A beta-blocking agent commonly used for the treatment of a migraine headache is:

22. Unconsciousness may have what type of origin?

23. Postcraniotomy cerebral edema is at a maximum how long after brain surgery?

24. Headaches classified as primary would include all of the following except: