When Caring for a Client After Rhytidectomy, the Nurse Notes

question 32

Multiple Choice

When caring for a client after rhytidectomy, the nurse notes that the left side of the client's face is drooping. The nurse would

• A) apply cold compresses.
• B) call the surgeon immediately.
• C) perform a neurosensory assessment.
• D) raise the head of the bed.

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process by which sensory receptors and the nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.

Stimulus

Anything in the environment that elicits a response from an organism, crucial in behaviorist theories of learning and conditioning.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, which conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions from the neuron's cell body, which receive electrical messages from other nerve cells.