Chapter 37: The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction

Chapter 37: The Child with Cerebral Dysfunction

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. An injury to which of the following parts of the brain will cause a coma?

a.	Brainstem
b.	Cerebrum
c.	Cerebellum
d.	Occipital lobe

 

 

ANS:  A

Injury to the brainstem results in stupor and coma. Signs of damage to the cerebrum are specific to the involved area. Individuals with frontal lobe injury may have impaired memory, personality changes, or altered intellectual functioning. Individuals with damage to the cerebellum have difficulties with coordination of muscle movements, including ataxia and nystagmus. Impaired vision and functional blindness result from injury to the occipital lobe.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   pp. 1531, 1543

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation

 

2. Which of the following is a clinical manifestation of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in children?

a.	Low-pitched cry
b.	Sunken fontanel
c.	Diplopia, blurred vision
d.	Increased blood pressure

 

 

ANS:  C

Diplopia and blurred vision are signs of increased ICP in children. A high-pitched cry and a tense or bulging fontanel are characteristic of increased ICP. Increased blood pressure, common in adults, is rarely seen in children.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                REF:   p. 1511

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential

 

3. Quick, jerky, grossly uncoordinated, irregular movements that may disappear on relaxation are called which of the following?

a.	Twitching
b.	Spasticity
c.	Choreiform movements
d.	Associated movements

 

 

ANS:  C

Quick, jerky, grossly uncoordinated, irregular movements that may disappear on relaxation are called choreiform movements. Twitching is defined as the spasmodic movements of short duration. Spasticity is the prolonged and steady contraction of a muscle characterized by clonus (alternating relaxation and contraction of the muscle) and exaggerated reflexes. Associated movements are the voluntary movement of one muscle accompanied by the involuntary movement of another muscle.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 1512

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation

 

4. Which of the following terms is used when a patient remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous and repeated stimulation?

a.	Coma
b.	Stupor
c.	Obtundation
d.	Persistent vegetative state

 

 

ANS:  B

Stupor exists when the child remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous and repeated stimulation. Coma is the state in which no motor or verbal response occurs to noxious (painful) stimuli. Obtundation describes a level of consciousness in which the child is arousable with stimulation. Persistent vegetative state describes the permanent loss of function of the cerebral cortex.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 1513

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential