While Assessing the Responses of a Client Using the Glasgow

question 10

Short Answer

While assessing the responses of a client using the Glasgow Coma Scale, the nurse finds the client opening their eyes spontaneously, verbalizing inappropriate but comprehensible words, and withdrawing from a painful stimulus. How many total points does the nurse document in the client's assessment record based on these findings? Record your answer as a whole number. ____________________

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Definitions:

Composition

The act or process of creating or forming by combining parts, elements, or ingredients; can refer to writing, music, art, or any structured endeavor.

Somatic Nervous System

The somatic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system that coordinates body movements and transmits signals from the brain to the muscles.

Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions of the body, such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Neural Agenesis

The absence or failure in the development of nerve cells (neurons).