A Patient Is Being Treated for a Common Neurological Disease

question 8

Multiple Choice

A patient is being treated for a common neurological disease that is characterized by abnormal cell firing in the brain. For what should the nurse assess in this patient?

• A) loss of consciousness
• B) seizures
• C) decerebrate posturing
• D) headache

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