6202 Exam 3 neuro, connective tissue, spinal cord injury EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER What if a patient has a cervical spinal cord injury? what will be your most important assessment? - answer>>>Breathing What kind of deficits would a patient with a C4 injury have? What about C7? - answer>>>Patient may not be able to tell if they have a problem because they have no feeling to an extremity or extremities. This is important for the nurse to do a thorough assessment. What is an appropriate way to check for a spinal cord lesion? - answer>>>Check for light touch first, patient closes their eyes, use an irregular pattern for checking. You don't want the patient to predict the spot then results won't be accurate. Swelling and bleeding of the gums can be an adverse reaction to: - Getamycin - Corticosteroids - Phenytoin (Anticonvulsant) - Levodopa-Carbidopa (Parkinson) - answer>>>Phenytoin Osteoarthritis is often characterized by: - pain with movement of the joints which improve after moving - redness and swelling of joints - pain to joints which worsens with moving - stiffness that gets worse with movement - answer>>>pain with movement of the joints which improve after moving Gout pain is: