The Nurse Notes That a Patient with a Severe Closed

question 32

Multiple Choice

The nurse notes that a patient with a severe closed head injury has all four extremities in rigid extension and forearm hyperpronation and legs with plantar extension.This finding is documented as __________ posturing.

• A) decorticate
• B) decerebrate
• C) spastic
• D) cerebellar

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Definitions:

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