A Patient Reports Weakness of the Extremities and Diplopia

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient reports weakness of the extremities and diplopia. The nurse knows that these symptoms are characteristic of which condition?

• A) Cerebral palsy (CP)
• B) Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• C) Myasthenia gravis (MG)
• D) Parkinson disease (PD)

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Definitions:

Hidden Sexual Desires

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Id And Ego

Psychoanalytic terms where the id represents primal desires and the ego the rational part of the psyche that mediates between these desires, reality, and moral standards.

Dorothea Dix

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Biomedical Explanations

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