A Client Who Has Been Exhibiting Flexion Posturing After a Stroke

question 35

Multiple Choice

A client who has been exhibiting flexion posturing after a stroke 2 days ago develops extension posturing.The nurse should recognize that this change indicates the client's condition is:

• A)worsening
• B)unchanged
• C)improving
• D)an expected progression of stroke

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Definitions:

Atomic Components

Basic, indivisible components or elements of a system or structure.

Disjunction

A logical operation that yields a true statement if at least one of its component statements is true.

Tautological Disjunct

A component of a logical statement that repeats the same information in different words, making it unconditionally true.

Tautology

A statement in logic that is true in every possible interpretation or a redundant statement that does not add new information.