Scie 2113 Ch40 Caring For Clients With Neurologic Deficits

Within the rehabilitation hospital where you practice nursing, you have cared for hundreds of clients who have suffered neurologic deficits from various causes, including cerebrovascular accident, closed head injury, etc. All of these clients have experienced which phase of neurologic deficit? Acute Explanation:Neurologic deficits are divided into three phases: acute, recovery, and chronic. Not all clients with a neurologic deficit experience all phases. Some clients have deficits that begin with an acute phase and move into a recovery phase or into a lifelong chronic phase.A client with paralysis is disturbed by spontaneous erections. Which of the following nursing actions mayhelp the client? Explain that it may occur when the bladder is full Explanation:Explain to the client that spontaneous erections may occur when the bladder is full. Spontaneous erections are unpredictable and sometimes circumstantially inconvenient.Which is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by the occurrence of demyelination in the brain and spinal cord? Multiple sclerosis Explanation:The cause of MS is not known, and the disease affects twice as many women as men. Parkinson disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine caused by destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra in the basal ganglia