Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) Practice Exam

Patients who experience neglect may struggle with which aspect of rehabilitation?

1. Understanding instructions

2. Performing tasks in the correct sequence

3. Acknowledging their disabilities

4. Managing daily activities

The correct answer is: Acknowledging their disabilities

Patients who experience neglect often have difficulties in acknowledging their disabilities due to their impaired awareness of their deficits, which can be a result of neurological conditions such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. Neglect, particularly unilateral neglect, involves a lack of awareness or attention to one side of the body or environment. This means that patients may not recognize that they have lost function or ability on the affected side, leading them to mistakenly believe that all is well, which can hinder their motivation to engage in rehabilitation and their overall recovery process. In contrast, understanding instructions, performing tasks in sequence, and managing daily activities can be affected to varying degrees but are not as directly tied to the phenomenon of neglect itself. While these aspects are important in rehabilitation, they are more typically influenced by cognitive function and other deficits rather than the specific awareness issues related to neglect.