Neurosensory: Case Study LeMone A Client with a Brain tumor

Marnie Quick RN, MSN, CNRN

Nursing Care Plan: A Client with a Brain Tumor LeMone p. 1397

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Added critical thinking questions: Nursing Care Plan: A Client with a Brain Tumor LeMone p. 1394

1. Where is the frontal lobe and what is its functions? 2. What is the pathophysiology of Clair Langes’

symptoms? 3. Why would the nursing diagnosis of altered cerebral

perfusion pressure be important? 4. What type of seizure did Clair have? 5. What are the different types of gliomas? 6. Why does lying in a flat position and coughing increase

Clair’s headache?