A Patient Is Admitted to the Neurologic Critical Care Unit

question 29

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the neurologic critical care unit with a severe closed head injury.All four extremities are in rigid extension, the forearms are hyperpronated, and the legs are in plantar extension.How should the nurse chart this condition?

• A) Decorticate posturing
• B) Decerebrate posturing
• C) Dystonic posturing
• D) Basal ganglion posturing

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