A Patient with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Has Complete

question 34

Multiple Choice

A patient with a spinal cord injury (SCI) has complete paralysis of the upper extremities and the lower part of the body. The nurse should use which medical term to correctly describe this in documentation?

• A) Hemiplegia
• B) Paresthesia
• C) Paraplegia
• D) Tetraplegia

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