A Person with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)has Complete Paralysis

question 13

Multiple Choice

A person with a spinal cord injury (SCI) has complete paralysis of the upper extremities and complete paralysis of the lower part of the body. The nurse should use which medical term to adequately describe this in documentation?

• A)Apraxia.
• B)Neglect syndrome.
• C)Paraplegia.
• D)Quadriplegia.

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