Cognition
What is dementia/Alzheimer's disease?
This holistic technique may help with muscle pain resulting from muscle rigidity or spasms.
What is massage?
This generalized seizure disorder is characterized by stiffening muscles and jerking movements.
What are tonic clonic seizures?
This combo medication is a mainstay in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and has side effects such as involuntary movements and depression.
What is carbidopa/levodopa?
What is identifying triggers?
What is wet macular degeneration?
An acute cognition issue that may be prevented through adequate perfusion, intact circadian rhythm, activity, and sunlight.
What is delirium?
Cerebral palsy could be caused by these types of injuries.
What is birth injury, hypoxia, intra uterine aspiration, maternal drug use, genetic?
What is phenytoin?
What are shuffling gait and altered propulsion such as retro propulsion?
The primary concept for patients that experience migraines, seizures, head injuries, and cerebrovascular accidents.
What is intracranial regulation?
This technique is vital to preventing systemic absorption of topical eye drops.
What is the puncta/punctal occlusion technique?
These common medications treat the depression that may come with dementia and have a potential adverse effect of suicidal ideation.
What are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors(SSRIs)?
The RN may delegate the evaluation of the intrathecal pump to the LPN.
What is false?
Patients taking this anti epileptic medication should be educated on a secondary form of birth control and reporting vision changes.
What is carbamazepine?
The classic symptom of Parkinson's disease that occurs at rest.
What are tremors?
A patient who has new migraines symptoms they do not usually experience should complete this action.
What is notify their provider?
This sudden loss of peripheral vision along with severe eye pain is a medical emergency.
What is acute angle closure glaucoma?
This concept would be a priority for a patient with delirium and dementia and is the basic concept that impacts all patients.
What is safety?
Patients with cerebral palsy may require these products for increased mobility.
What are braces, walkers, or wheelchairs?
This medication class is used for a seizure lasting greater than 5 minutes and has side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, lethargy.
What are benzodiazepines?
Large amounts of this vitamin________ and this macronutrient________ could potentially impact the absorption of carbidopa/levodopa.
What are B6 and protein?
Patients with a disease characterized by ischemia should not take this medication.
What is sumatriptan?
This medication class used to dilate pupils should not be used in patients with glaucoma.
What are mydriatic/cycloplegic medications?
These techniques to channel unwanted behaviors include folding washcloths, caring for a baby, or looking at pictures of family.
What is distraction?
These healthcare providers aim to improve function and prevent complications in patients with cerebral palsy.
What are physical and/or occupational therapy?
The period after a tonic clonic seizure characterized by somnolence, confusion, weakness, and incontinence.
What is the post ictal phase?
A common respiratory complication patients with Parkinson's disease may face as their muscles weaken.
What is aspiration?
The first step when a patient that used sumatriptan subcutaneously complains of chest pain and heart palpitations.
What is get an EKG?
This technique involves the patient standing slightly behind the RN while holding the RNs elbow. The RN will narrate what they see.
Grieving someone who has not died could be called ___________ grief.
What is anticipatory grief?
This medication is commonly used for muscle spasticity in patients with cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.
What is baclofen?
The three priority actions the RN should take when their patient has a seizure.
These exaggerated, involuntary movements may be a side effect of long term carbidopa/levodopa or antipsychotic medication use
What are dyskinesia's?
A patient experiencing migraines would exhibit these symptoms.
What is unilateral pain, potentially aura, photosensitivity, phonophobia, and nausea?
This education on preventing increased intraocular pressure should be taught prior to eye surgery.
What are avoiding stooping, bending, coughing, sneezing, bearing down?