Neuro
Name the pain a meningitis patient experiences with neck flexion
What is nuchal rigidity?
These positions are allowed post-op neural tube defect closure
What are prone and side-lying?
This type of seizure resembles daydreaming
What is absence seizure?
This type of medication is used to treat ADHD
What are CNS stimulants?
This reflex, normally absent after one year of age, is present in a patient with spastic CP
What is the Babinski?
This clinical tool is used to objectively assess a patient's level of consciousness
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
A deficiency in this is linked to Neural Tube Defects
What is folic acid?
A patient is having a seizure. The nurse should never...
What is restrain the patient or place anything in their mouth?
These instructions should be given to the parents of a patient newly prescribed a CNS stimulant for ADHD
What is take in the morning, take with food?
This is the cause of CP
What is abnormal brain development of damage to the developing brain?
This type of transmission precautions are required for bacterial meningitis
What is droplet?
This type of dressing should be applied to the sac of myelomeningocele prior to surgical closure
What is sterile, saline-moistened, non-adherent?
This is the medical term for the period immediately following a seizure
What is post-ictal?
Name at least two conditions associated with Intellectual Disability
What are Fragile X, Trisomy 21, FAS
Behavioral signs of CP
What are irritability, excessive crying, feeding difficulties?
This type of head injury can cause shearing, fractures, and coup/contrecoup injuries
What is acceleration-deceleration?
Close neurologic monitoring is required to assess for this condition which occurs in up to 80% of patients with a neural tube defect
What is hydrocephalus?
Implantable device used that may be used in patients not responsive to anti-epileptic medications
What is vagus nerve stimulation?
These characteristics are associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder
What are deficits in communication, repetitive behaviors, emotional indifference?
What are anticholinergics, anticonvulsants, antispasmodics, antidepressants, and stool softeners?
These two involuntary reflexes are associated with bacterial meningitis
What is Kernig and Brudzinski?
Name at least 2 signs of increased intracranial pressure in an infant
What are irritability, bulging fontanels, poor feeding, high-pitched cry?
This most common seizure disorder in children does not typically require treatment
What is a febrile seizure?
This is the number one goal when caring for a hospitalized patient with autism
What is safety (for patient and staff)?
The most common form of CP, accounting for approximately 75-80% of cases
What is spastic CP?