The nurse is caring for a client who sustained a gunshot wound below the level of T12, resulting in ipsilateral motor paralysis, ipsilateral loss of proprioception and vibratory sense, and contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation. When planning care for this client, which interpretations of this data by the nurse are likely to be correct? Select all that apply.

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A)Hemisection of the spinal cord, usually caused by a penetrating trauma (gunshot, knife), causes sensory and motor deficits on opposite sides of the body because the spinal cord injury is incomplete. These findings are consistent with Brown-Sequard syndrome, which has the best prognosis of all the incomplete spinal cord syndromes. An American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)Impairment Scale (AIS)score of A indicates a complete spinal cord injury where no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.
B)Hemisection of the spinal cord, usually caused by a penetrating trauma (gunshot, knife), causes sensory and motor deficits on opposite sides of the body because the spinal cord injury is incomplete. These findings are consistent with Brown-Sequard syndrome, which has the best prognosis of all the incomplete spinal cord syndromes. An American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)Impairment Scale (AIS)score of A indicates a complete spinal cord injury where no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.
C)Hemisection of the spinal cord, usually caused by a penetrating trauma (gunshot, knife), causes sensory and motor deficits on opposite sides of the body because the spinal cord injury is incomplete. These findings are consistent with Brown-Sequard syndrome, which has the best prognosis of all the incomplete spinal cord syndromes. An American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)Impairment Scale (AIS)score of A indicates a complete spinal cord injury where no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.
D)Hemisection of the spinal cord, usually caused by a penetrating trauma (gunshot, knife), causes sensory and motor deficits on opposite sides of the body because the spinal cord injury is incomplete. These findings are consistent with Brown-Sequard syndrome, which has the best prognosis of all the incomplete spinal cord syndromes. An American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)Impairment Scale (AIS)score of A indicates a complete spinal cord injury where no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.
E)Hemisection of the spinal cord, usually caused by a penetrating trauma (gunshot, knife), causes sensory and motor deficits on opposite sides of the body because the spinal cord injury is incomplete. These findings are consistent with Brown-Sequard syndrome, which has the best prognosis of all the incomplete spinal cord syndromes. An American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)Impairment Scale (AIS)score of A indicates a complete spinal cord injury where no sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Sustained a Gunshot