Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Set-31
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 231:-
A person present in an emergency. On examination he is found to open eyes only on painful stimuli, he says inappropriate words and moves his limbs on commands. his GCS is
(a) 11
(b) 10
(c) 9
(d) 13
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Ans: (a) 11 ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 232:-
Which of the following function will be affected due to an obstructions of the anterior cerebral arteries
(a) auditory perception
(b) judgement, insight and reasoning
(c) balance and coordination
(d) visual integration from language comprehension
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Ans: (b) judgement, insight and reasoning ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 233:-
Which of the following score indicates coma in an adult patient as per Glasgow Coma Scale
(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d)12
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Ans: (b) 5 ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 234:-
Pathophysiology Seen in Alzheimer disease is atrophy of
(a) Parietal and temporal lobe of brain
(b) frontal and temporal lobe of brain
(c) frontal and parietal lobe of brain
(d) parietal and occipital lobe of brain
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Ans: (a) Parietal and temporal lobe of brain ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 235:-
Damage of which of the following leads to Guillain Barre syndrome?
(a) Brain parenchyma
(b) peripheral nervous system
(c) spinal cord
(d) thyroid
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Ans: (b) peripheral nervous system ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 236:-
A nurse is monitoring an adult male patient 8 hours after a road traffic accident. Which of the following findings by a nurse suggest an increasing intracranial pressure?
(a) Blood pressure is decreased from 150/90 to 110/70
(b) The patient is oriented when aroused from sleep and fall asleep immediately
(c) Pulse is increased from 80 to 92
(d) the client refused dinner because of anorexia
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Ans: (b) The patient is oriented when aroused from sleep and fall asleep immediately ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 237:-
An adult patient diagnosed with a brain tumor was scheduled for Craniotomy. Which of the following class of drugs are useful in preventing the development of cerebral edema after surgery?
(a) antihypertensive
(b) antihistamines
(c) diuretics
(d) Steroids
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Ans: (d) Steroids ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 238:-
The nurse is aware that the early indicators of hypoxia in an unconscious patient is
(a) Cyanosis of extremities
(b) altered respirations
(c) hypertension
(d) restlessness
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Ans: (d) restlessness ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 239:-
Immunosuppressive therapy is effective in patient with Myasthenia gravis because it
(a) Decreases reproductions of autoantibodies that damage the Acetylcholine receptors
(b) increases the production of acetylcholine
(c) inhibits the breakdown of acetylcholine
(d) removes antibodies that impair the transmission of impulses
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Ans: (a) Decreases reproductions of autoantibodies that damage the Acetylcholine receptors ✔
Medical and Surgical Nursing MCQ Question 240:-
Which of the following is the most important assessment during the acute stage of an unconscious patient?
(a) Coherence and sense of hearing
(b) level of awareness and response to pain
(c) pupillary reflex and response to sensory stimuli
(d) patency of airway and adequacy of respiration
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Ans: (d) patency of airway and adequacy of respiration ✔
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