197) Answer
A. Brain tumor
Rationale
•Assessment findings for a patient with a brain tumor include headache that becomes worse in the morning and with straining and stooping, vomiting, papilledema, seizures, changes in mental status, and altered vision.
•A patient with meningitis has fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, Kernig’s signs and Brudzinski’s signs.
•There can be no skull fracture since there was no history of head trauma.
•A patient with encephalitis can manifest headache, fever, vomiting, and menigeal signs due the inflammation of the brain caused by a virus.
A. Brain tumor
Rationale
•Assessment findings for a patient with a brain tumor include headache that becomes worse in the morning and with straining and stooping, vomiting, papilledema, seizures, changes in mental status, and altered vision.
•A patient with meningitis has fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, Kernig’s signs and Brudzinski’s signs.
•There can be no skull fracture since there was no history of head trauma.
•A patient with encephalitis can manifest headache, fever, vomiting, and menigeal signs due the inflammation of the brain caused by a virus.
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