Module 4 Jeopardy Game Questions / Answers

Question 1

The area of the brain that is responsible for the basic functions of life.

Answer 1

What is the brain stem?

Question 2

This is the reason that alcohol can be very dangerous if utilized to excess, long term, or if binge drinking occurs.

Answer 2

What is alcohol is very lipid-soluble, it rapidly crosses the blood-brain barrier resulting in increased central nervous system effects?

Question 3

Phantom limb pain is a potential complication of amputation that clients should be provided education regarding. Describe how you would explain phantom limb pain to a client.

Answer 3

What is an amputation can result in phantom limb pain, which is thought to result from the regenerating nerve becoming trapped in the scar tissue of the amputation site? This is not an abnormal complication from amputation surgery. The pain you are experiencing is real.

Question 4

A 26-year-old client presents to primary care complaining of a headache in a band pattern over his head described as a dull, achiness rated a 5 out of 10 on the numerical pain scale. The presentation of this client is consistent with this headache type.

Answer 4

What is a tension headache?

Question 5

A 55-year-old female client presents to the ED with a recent history of receiving the influenza vaccination 2 weeks ago followed by a mild upper respiratory viral infection. The client reports today that she has weakness in her bilateral lower extremities that has progressed to the point that she is now having difficulty moving her lower extremities. She has additionally been unable to void for the last 3 hours despite trying frequently and appears to be having shortness of breath. The most likely condition the client is experiencing would be:

Answer 5

What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome?

Question 6

The nurse knows that this cranial nerve is affected if the client is unable to smell familiar scents.

Answer 6

What is CN l Olfactory?

Question 7

The nurse knows that this cranial nerve is not working appropriately when the client is unable to smile when asked.

Answer 7

What is CN Vll Facial?

Question 8

The client reports bilateral hearing loss. The nurse is concerned that this cranial nerve has been impaired when the whisper test, Weber, and Rinne tests are all abnormal.

Answer 8

What is CN Vlll Vestibulocochlear (Acoustic)?

Question 9

The patient is asked to move his eyes from side to side. When the patient is unable to complete the request nurse suspects damage to this cranial nerve.

Answer 9

What is CN Vl Abducens?

Question 10

The nurse asks the client to move their eyes down and inward. When the client is unable to complete this request the nurse suspects damage to this cranial nerve.

Answer 10

What is CN lV Trochlear?

Question 11

A patient with diabetes should be educated that poor blood sugar control places them at risk for damage to the blood vessels in the tissue at the back of the eye (retina) which is referred to as _____________ and can result in retinal detachment.

Answer 11

What is diabetic retinopathy?

Question 12

A patient presents with eyelid margins that are crusted and slightly reddened. Scaly deposits are present along the margins of the eyelid. The sclera appears normal. Vision is normal. Then nurse understands that the most likely diagnosis is blepharitis and the following eye care should be taught:

Answer 12

What is keep your eyelids clean and free of crusts by using water and a gentle cleanser to remove crusts every day?

Question 13

This form of conjunctivitis is most contagious and frequently referred to as pink eye:

Answer 13

What is viral conjunctivitis?

Question 14

This eye condition is associated with hyperthyroidism and results in the eyes having a bulging out appearance.

Answer 14

What is exophthalmos?

Question 15

Describe the symptoms a patient may present with indicating retinal detachment has occurred.

Answer 15

What is a sudden onset of floaters, flashes of light, reduced vision, blurred vision, reduced peripheral vision, and a curtain-like shadow extending down over the visual field?

Question 16

The nurse understands that Meniere’s disease is a disease of unknown causes that affects the membranous labyrinth of the ear. Symptoms include fluctuating episodes of tinnitus, feelings of ear fullness, and violent rotary vertigo that often renders the person unable to sit or walk. The nurse should advise the patient that a cure for Meniere’s disease __________ (does or does not exist)

Answer 16

What is does not exist?

Question 17

Describe what is meant by the term vertigo.

Answer 17

What is an illusion of motion occurring?

Question 18

Children are at an increased risk for acute otitis media because of the following:

Answer 18

What is the eustachian tube is shorter, more horizontal, and more narrow?

Question 19

In a non-verbal child these symptoms are indicative of a middle ear infection (acute otitis media):

Answer 19

What is increased irritability, crying, fever, nausea, vomiting, difficulty sleeping, and pulling at the affected ear?

Question 20

A patient experiencing vertigo resulting from the repeated rhythmic stimulation of the vestibular system related to travel by boat is said to have the following condition:

Answer 20

What is motion sickness?

Question 21

A patient reports that a mole (nevi) that has been present for several years looks different to him. It now appears very large (approx size of a quarter). The mole is pictured below. The nurse understands that this mole (nevi) is concerning due to these clinical features:

Answer 21

What is asymmetry, irregular borders, color variation, large size, and changes in the mole over time which point to potential malignancy?

Question 22

This image is an excellent representation of this integumentary skin condition.

Answer 22

What is ringworm (Ringworm on trunk = Tinea corporis)?

Question 23

A vesicle containing pus is referred to as this: (spell the word out correctly)

Answer 23

What is pustule?

Question 24

A patient reports to the ED with a complaint of a burning painful rash on his right upper back. The rash does not cross the dermatome. The most likely diagnosis is:

Answer 24

What is shingles (Herpes Zoster)?

Question 25

Below is an image of a patient with extensive burn wounds to his lower extremities. The nurse understands that these burns are classified as the following and that this procedure was completed to relieve compartment syndrome from these burns:

Answer 25

What is third-degree full thickness? What is an escharotomy?

Question 26

The hypothalamus, pineal, thymus, adrenal, and ovaries are considered endocrine glands. (True / False)

Answer 26

What is true? The endocrine glands consist of the hypothalamus, pineal, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, adrenal, pancreas, testes, ovaries, and placenta in a pregnant female patient.

Question 27

A client with a history of a thyroid disorder presents with thinning hair, bradycardia, thickened, nonpitting edema of the skin, and is unresponsive. The patient’s family member reports the patient was very sick with COVID and stopped taking the ordered thyroid medication due to nausea. The nurse understands that the most likely diagnosis is _______ from this thyoid disorder:

Answer 27

What is myxedema coma related to the client’s hypothyroidism that was triggered by the client’s infection and stopping the thyroid medication (levothyroxine)?

Question 28

This autoimmune condition presents with exophthalmos, tachycardia, weight loss, sweating, nervousness, and potentially a goiter.

Answer 28

What is Graves Disease?

Question 29

Describe Type 1 diabetes.

Answer 29

Type 1 diabetes, also referred to as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. The problem is that the patient’s own body has destroyed the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. This is an autoimmune disease.

Question 30

This would be the best choice of treatment for a client with hypoglycemia related to overmedication if they are responsive to commands.

Answer 30

What is eating or drinking 15 to 20 grams of fast-acting carbohydrates? These are sugary foods without protein or fat that are easily converted to sugar in the body. Try glucose tablets or gel, fruit juice, regular soft drinks, honey, and sugary candy. The blood glucose would be rechecked 15 minutes after treatment and when normalization occurs the client needs to eat a snack or meal to replenish the glycogen stores.

Question 31

This disease process results in demyelination of the neurons and therefore slower communication between the neurons.

Answer 31

What is MS (Multiple Sclerosis)?

Question 32

Describe the bradykinesia gait seen in a client with Parkinson’s Disease.

Answer 32

What is slowness in initiating and performing movements and difficulty with sudden unexpected stopping? You may see these patients freeze in place while walking and have small shuffling steps.

Question 33

The nurse is assessing a client’s cranial nerves. The nurse becomes concerned that the client has damage to cranial nerve Xl when they are unable to ________

Answer 33

What is complete a shoulder shrug?

Question 34

Name a potential cause of encephalitis in a 26-year-old client in the United States and describe what is happening in the brain of these clients.

Answer 34

What is HSV, West Nile virus, lead toxicity, and vaccines for measles and mumps have been known to result in encephalitis? What is the infection begins and necrotizing hemorrhages that are localized at first then begin to become generalized? Edema results from this issue.

Question 35

The nurse is assessing the cranial nerves of a client and suspects damage to this cranial nerve when swallowing is abnormal and gag reflex response is abnormal.

Answer 35

What is CN lX Glossopharyngeal?