ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) NCLEX Practice Questions

Loss of peripheral vision and increased intraocular pressure

Cognitive decline and memory loss

Progressive muscle weakness and atrophy

Resting tremors and shuffling gait

Provide thin liquids to make swallowing easier.

Maintain the client in a supine position during meals.

Assess the client’s lung sounds and oxygen saturation.

Encourage the client to use a straw for all liquids.

Medication can cure the disease if started in the early stages.

The disease primarily affects your sensory nerves, causing chronic pain.

Your cognitive function and mental alertness will usually remain intact.

Muscle strength typically returns after a period of exacerbation.

You will need frequent blood tests to monitor your liver function.

This drug is a sedative and will help you sleep through muscle cramps.

This medication will reverse the muscle damage already caused.

Stop taking the medication immediately if you develop a cough.

Clear breath sounds in all lung fields

Increased use of accessory muscles and a weak cough

A respiratory rate of 18 breaths per minute

Oxygen saturation of 96% on room air

To provide a route for long-term mechanical ventilation

To maintain adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of aspiration

To administer high-dose IV corticosteroids

To prevent the development of pressure ulcers

Refer the client to a local support group.

Discuss the benefits of a high-calorie diet.

Schedule a physical therapy consultation.

Assist the client in completing an Advanced Directive.

Ataxia

Fasciculations

Chorea

Myoclonus

Occupational Therapist

Speech-Language Pathologist

Case Manager

Physical Therapist

I should prepare a suction machine to have at the bedside.

We should start looking into hospice care options for the future.

My father will eventually lose his ability to feel pain and touch.

We should encourage my father to perform range-of-motion exercises.