Which of the following tracts is responsible for reflex movement of head and neck in response to visual stimuli:
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The grasp and rooting reflexare neonatal reflexthat disappear after six months of life, it may reappear later in life with acquired lesions of the
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Which of the following is the most common direction of Disc herniation:
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Migraine variants and complications include all of the following EXCEPT
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All the following are treatment options for breath-holding spells EXCEPT
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Physical featurof Sydenham chorea include all of the following EXCEPT
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Infant with benign congenital hypotonia is characterized by
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The following are manifestations of increased intracranial pressure in an infant EXCEPT
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The psychoanalytic school of psychology explains human behavior by which of the following?
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Which signs best indicate increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in an infant? (Select all that apply.)
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Which of the following statements is true about personality:
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A child with a skull fracture is unconscious and has severely increased intracranial pressure (ICP). The nurse notthe childs temperature is 104°F (40°C). Which should the nurse do first?
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Dystonia is characterized by abnormally sustained muscle contraction, causing twisting motion (torsion spasm) and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. The MOST common cause of dystonia among children is
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While teaching the parents of a child with cerebral palsy (CP) about feeding and avoiding aspiration, the nurse reviews the plan. Which of the following should be questioned?
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A child with Reye syndrome is described in the nursnotas follows: 1200: Comatose with sluggish pupils; when stimulated, demonstratdecerebrate posturing. 1400: Unchanged except that now demonstratdecorticate posturing when stimulated. The nurse concludthat the childs condition is:
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Wrong about lateral spinothalamic:
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Choose the WRONG statement:
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During assessment of the neurological status of a 5-year-old boy, it revealed exaggerated knee reflex, with spread to contiguous areas. What is the approximate scale of this reflex?
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Question 19 of 80
Which of the following statements concerning the nucleus of termination of the tracts listed below is correct:
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Recoil (the readiness with which an arm or leg springs back to its original position after passive stretching and release) is essentially absent in
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In patients with febrile seizures, one of the following risk factors has the highest risk for subsequent epilepsy
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Which of the following statement is true about gender?
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All of the following is true about vomiting center EXCEPT:
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Which of the following statements regarding obesity is correct?
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Drug therapy should be based on the type of seizure and the epilepsy syndrome as well as on other individual factors. Of the following, the drug of first choice for focal seizurand epilepsiis
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Which of the following is part of illness behavior:
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Benign myoclonic epilepsiare often best treated with
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most common epilepsy related mortality in patients with chronic epilepsy. All the following are risk factors EXCEPT
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The MOST frequent lesion associated with neurofibromatosis type 2 NF-2 is
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The initial drug used to control acute neonatal seizuris usually
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The MOST severe form of CP is
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Question 32 of 80
The facial port-wine stain of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is characterized by the following EXCEPT
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Prevented by folic acid
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Wrong about fast pain:
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Question 35 of 80
During assessment of the neurological status of a 6-year-old boy, he was asked to smile, blow out his cheeks, blink forcibly, and furrow his forehead. The cranial nerve that is evaluated by doing the above maneuver is
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All the following are true regarding diazepam in neonatal seizurEXCEPT
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Question 37 of 80
Which of the following regions of white matter would NOT contain corticospinal fibers:
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Crouzon syndrome is characterized by the following EXCEPT
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A premature infant blinks in response to a bright light at
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You examined two patients attending neurological clinic, one with myotonic dystrophy and the other with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Of the following, the MOST distinguishing feature to differentiate them is by the
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All of the following tracts decussate EXCEPT:
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The organism causing CNS infection is never seen on direct examination of CSF in
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The treatable degenerative condition that exhibits signs of cerebellar and basal ganglia dysfunction is
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The teacher of a 6-year-old girl noticed that she had frequent attacks of a brief loss of environmental awareness accompanied by eye fluttering and lip smacking. Of the following, the first-choice therapy in this condition is
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Familial (autosomal recessive) microcephaly is characterized by the following EXCEPT
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Question 46 of 80
Data support the use of intravenous dexamethasone, 0.15 mg/kg/dose given every 6 hr for 2 days, in the treatment of children older than 6 wk with acute bacterial meningitis caused by H. influenza type b. for the following reasons EXCEPT
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Select the best room assignment for a newly admitted child with bacterial meningitis.
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Question 48 of 80
Regarding the spinal cord, which of the following is false:
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The disorder of anterior horn cell causing muscle weakness in infants and children is
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Detection of viral DNA or RNA by polymerase chain reaction is the test of choice in the diagnosis of CNS infection caused by
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All the following are part of big five traits of personality except:
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The onset of clinical and radiologic characteristics of post traumatic intracranial hemorrhage occur over minutto hours in
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A 29 year old patient was investigated at the neurology clinic, and it was noted that she lacks the two point discrimination ability in her left hand. What is the most likely cause of such a presentation:
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Question 54 of 80
The majority of fibers of the Lateral corticospinal tract synapse:
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Question 55 of 80
The parent of a child with neuroblastoma asks what the typical early signs and symptoms are. Select the nursbest answer.
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A healthy 10-year-old child presented to ER with sudden, severe onset headache, the study of choice that should be done is
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Which of the following is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain?
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Question 58 of 80
When providing discharge teaching to the parents of a toddler who experienced a febrile seizure, the nurse recogniza need for clarification when the mother says:
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A 12-year-old female experiencacute monocular blindness of 2 days duration. Past history includuncharacterized headachfor 3 years, one episode of diplopia, and one of paresthesias of the feet, unrelated in time. Physical exam is unremarkable except reduced visual acuity. The most important diagnostic step is
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All of the following statements about eating are true except?
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Characteristics of simple partial seizurinclude all of the following EXCEPT
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Xanthochromia of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) suggests the following EXCEPT
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The MOST common cause of childhood subarachnoid and intraparenchymal hemorrhagic stroke (HS) is
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Which of the following anchors spinal cord to coccyx:
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Which of the following statements about vomiting is NOT true:
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The MOST common presenting complaint of intramedullary spinal cord tumors is
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Question 67 of 80
How you view yourself as male or female regardless of your external sexual characteristics is which of the following?
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Which child requircontinued follow-up because of behaviors suspicious for cerebral palsy (CP)?
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A child is being admitted with the diagnosis of meningitis. Which procedure should the nurse perform first?
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During a neurological examination, a patient cannot tell with his eyclosed whether the neurologist flexed or extended his toe, there is likely damage to:
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Choose the Correct statement:
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Select the wrong statement:
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A 2-month-old infant at risk for cerebral palsy (CP) (due to extreme low birth weight and prematurity) is being cared for. The parents ask why a speech therapist is involved in his care. Select the nursbest response.
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One of the following statements relate sensations with the appropriate nervous pathways:
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In a patient with severe migraine that is not responding to the first-line measur(an analgesic, rest, and sleep in a quiet dark room), the MOST useful agent that may be considered is
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A child diagnosed with meningitis is having a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Which should the nurse do first?
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Question 77 of 80
Which of the following statements regarding the course taken by the tracts is Correct:
