Neurological System Function
A tool used to collect data for a patient's neurological status by looking at the pupillary response.
What is a penlight?
Seizures are characterized by muscle rigidity and rhythmic muscle jerking followed by the patient sleeping for 30 minutes to several hours.
What are tonic-clonic seizures?
An injury that occurs when a patient slides down in the bed when the head of the bed is raised or when they are pulled up or repositioned, but not lifted off the sheets.
What is a shear injury?
Full-thickness burns cause a loss of intravascular fluid, which causes this to increase. (Hint: page 1139 cardiac function)
What is hematocrit?
An x-ray examination of the spinal canal and its contents. Compression of nerve roots, herniation of intervertebral discs, and blockage of CSF circulation can all be seen with this.
What is a Myelogram?
Demyelination and destruction of nerve fibers are the pathophysiological changes that lead to the symptoms of this peripheral nervous system disorder.
What is multiple sclerosis?
Who does the LPN collaborate with to evaluate the status of the pressure injury?
Who is the registered nurse?
This stage of burn takes months to years to accomplish, depending on the extent of injury. The goal is to return the patient to an optimum level of physical and psychosocial function.
What is the rehabilitation stage?
A patient experiencing new confusion and disorientation is experiencing a change in this?
What is mental Status?
A brain injury that is characterized by bruising of the brain tissue, possibly accompanied by hemorrhage. The autonomic nervous system can be affected by edema or hypothalamic injury, causing rapid heart rate and respiratory rate, fever, and diaphoresis.
What is a contusion?
An acute inflammatory and infectious disorder that produces painful eruption of bright red edematous vesicles and is a reactivation of chickenpox.
What is herpes zoster (shingles)?
This is the most comfortable position for patients with major burns.
What is the position of contracture?
These function as splints to prevent foot drop in bedridden patients.
What are high-top tennis shoes?
This is given to patients with confirmed ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours of the onset of symptoms. Hemorrhagic stroke must be ruled out before receiving this therapy, as it can cause worsening of the bleed.
What is tPA (tissue plasminogen activator) or thrombolytic therapy?
Ways to prevent this infectious skin disorder include avoiding drinking and eating after anyone, and avoiding sharing lip products.
What is herpes simplex 1?
IV fluids are given to burn patients to prevent this.
What is hypovolemic shock?
Because there are no diagnostic blood tests for neurologic disorders, the doctor may order these tests to look for underlying causes of symptoms. (hint: p. 945)
What are thyroid hormone levels, vitamin B, CBC, electrolytes, CK and isoenzymes, veneral disease research lab (VDRL), liver function and renal function.
Smoking, high blood pressure, DM, high cholesterol, atrial fibrillation, sickle cell disease, inactivity, oral contraceptives, pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, and poor diet put the patient at a higher risk of this cerebrovascular disorder.
What is a stroke?
A way to clean a pressure injury that requires between 4-15 pounds per square inch of pressure.
What is a 30ml syringe with an 18 gauge needle?
A linear excision through the eschar to the superficial fat allows for expansion of the skin and return of blood flow or chest expansion.
What is an escharotomy?