A 21-Year-Old Patient Has a Head Injury Resulting from Trauma

question 8

Multiple Choice

A 21-year-old patient has a head injury resulting from trauma and is unconscious.There are no other injuries.During the assessment what would the nurse expect to find when testing the patient's deep tendon reflexes?

• A) Reflexes will be normal.
• B) Reflexes cannot be elicited.
• C) All reflexes would be diminished but present.
• D) Some would be present depending on the area of injury.

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