A Nurse Working on a Rehabilitation Unit Is Assessing a New

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nurse working on a rehabilitation unit is assessing a new admission, a client with a stable spinal cord injury. The nurse notes that the client is unable to shrug the shoulders. This finding indicates to the nurse that the level of spinal cord injury in the client is

• A) C4-5.
• B) C8-T1.
• C) L1-3.
• D) S1-2.

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A personality trait characterized by sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and high levels of emotional expressiveness.

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A personality trait characterized by sadness, moodiness, and emotional instability.

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