NURS 2873 exam one Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What is a stroke? - Correct Answers ✅An ischemic part of the brain that results in cellular infarction.Other names for a stroke - Correct Answers ✅CVA, brain attack Risk factors for a stroke - Correct Answers ✅• High blood pressure • Atherosclerosis • Heart disease • Smoking or tobacco use • Atrial fibrillation (Afib) • Diabetes • Overweight or Obesity • Blood disorders • Excessive alcohol • Certain medications what is a trans ischemic attack (TIA)? - Correct Answers ✅A transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain and spinal cord ischemia but without cellular infarction Surgical therapies for TIA - Correct Answers ✅Carotid endarterectomy 1 / 3
NURS 2873 exam one Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Transluminal angioplasty Stenting Post of care for TIA patients - Correct Answers ✅Neuro assessments BP management Assess for complications Minimize bleeding risk Types of strokes - Correct Answers ✅Ischemic (Thrombotic or embolic) Hemorrhagic (Intracerebral and subarachnoid) thrombotic stroke - Correct Answers ✅a stroke resulting from thrombosis or narrowing of the blood vessel Symptoms of a thrombotic stroke - Correct Answers ✅Gradual onset, Patient is awake, Intermittent improvements/worsening symptoms--like TIA. Rapid improvements in recovery.Embolic stroke - Correct Answers ✅A traveling blood clot to an artery that leads to cellular infarction and edema of blood supplied to that vessel 2 / 3
NURS 2873 exam one Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) symptoms of an embolic stroke - Correct Answers ✅Headache Severe neuro deficits Care for ischemic stroke - Correct Answers ✅Preserve life Manage airway Prevent further brain damage Reduce disability Time is MOST crucial to treatment ELevated BP is common right after a stroke Manage ICP Control fluids tPA within 3-4 ½ hr of onset of S/S Platelet inhibitors and anticoagulants Hemorrhagic stroke - Correct Answers ✅occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures; also known as a bleed Types of Hemorrhagic Stroke - Correct Answers ✅intracerebral and subarachnoid
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