MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

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NEUROLOGY

HEMIPARESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The nurse is admitting a client into the rehabilitation unit after an industrial accident. The client’s nursing diagnoses include disturbed sensory perception and the nurse identifies that he has decreased strength and dexterity. The nurse should know that this client may need what to accomplish self-care?
A
Appropriate assistive devices
B
Advice from his family
C
A personal health care aide
D
An assisted-living environment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The nurse uses professional knowledge about body mechanics to prevent the most common occupational disorder in nurses, which is: back injuries from lifting and twisting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which intervention would be most appropriate to prevent a patient fall by reducing the risk of entanglement? Coiling and securing excess electrical, telephone, and any other cords or tubing will prevent patient falls by reducing the risk of entanglement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which nursing intervention would improve the patient’s tactile sensation? Provide touch therapy to the patient.

Detailed explanation-4: -Who Can Benefit from Passive Exercises? Passive range of motion exercises are great for patients with hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) or spasticity (stiff, tight muscles after neurological injury).

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