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

question 30

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)The nurse will not be able to elicit any deep tendon reflexes.
• C)All reflexes would be diminished,but they would be present.
• D)Some reflexes would be present,depending on the area of injury.

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