The Nurse Is Caring for a Client in the Neurologic

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client in the neurologic intensive care unit (ICU) with head trauma. The client is being monitored for increased intracranial pressure (IICP) . Using the Monro-Kellie hypothesis as a basis for explanation, which comment by the nurse to the client's family would be most appropriate?

• A)"It is normal for brain pressure to increase in times of stress."
• B)"Increasing brain pressure decreases the amount of blood flow to the brain itself."
• C)"The pressure in the brain is increasing because the brain is shrinking."
• D)"Because there is more pressure in the brain, the blood flow is also increasing."

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