1. What instruction is most appropriate in patient with trigeminal neuralgia to prevent triggering the pain?

A. Drink iced foods

B. Avoid oral hygiene

C. Apply warm compressess

D. Chew on the unaffected side

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2. Broca's (motor) aphasia refers to:

A. Inability to understand spoken language

B. Fluent, nonsensical speech

C. Fluent, nonsensical speech

D. Inability to express self

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3. A technique used to assess language dominance and memory function before ablative surgery for epilepsy:

A. Magnetoencephalogram

B. Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure (Wada Test)

C. Visual evoked potential

D. Somatosensory evoked potential

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4. A pharmacologic challenge study that assists in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis: Copyright@ www.nursingplanet.com/Quiz

A. Multisleep Latency Test

B. Polysomnography

C. Tensilon Test

D. Nerve Conduction Studies

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5. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a measure of :

A. Level of consciousness (LOC)

B. Memory

C. Intra cranial pressure (ICP)

D. Fluid volume

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6. Therapeutic intervention for increased intra cranial pressure (ICP) include all the following, except:

A. Administer mannitol, an osmotic diuretic

B. Administer hypertonic saline

C. Administer corticosteroids

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7. A method used in grading of aneurysms:

A. Hunt-Hess Scale

B. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

C. Spetzler-Martin Grading System

D. None of the above

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8. Fever, headache, and nuchal rigidity are classic symptoms seen in:

A. Parkinson's disease

B. Alzheimer's disease

C. Brain abscess

D. Meningitis

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9. A condition characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination of the white matter of the optic nerve, brain, and spinal cord:

A. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

B. Multiple sclerosis

C. Lou Gehrig disease

D. Parkinson's disease

E. Alzheimer's disease

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References Copyright@ www.nursingplanet.com/Quiz

1. Smeltzer SC, & Bare BG. (2004). Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. 10th edition. (Edrs). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2. Questions from entrance examinations relevant to nursing conducted in India. (NIMHANS/AIIMS/Manipal/Kerala/All India etc..)

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