Periop
The person who must explain risks, alternatives, and particulars of a surgery to clients.
Who is the surgeon?
Priority neurological assessment in client with Parkinson's
What is swallowing?
A common med to help with symptoms of Parkinson's disease
What is Carbidopa/Levidopa?
This rushes into neurons during a seizure.
What is sodium?
Swallowing strategies in patients with Parkinson's or post-stroke are successful if this does not occur.
What is aspiration?
A patient with blunt force trauma to their head would undergo this level of surgery(emergent, urgent, or elective)
What is Emergent surgery?
Incontinence, lower back pain, and intermittent neuropathy-like symptoms may be experienced by a client with this this condition.
What is herniated nucleus pulposus?
Pads on the bed if possible, fall precautions, suction at bedside, patent IV are components of this.
What are seizure precautions?
The denigration of this substance is the cause of multiple sclerosis.
What is myelin?
Baclofen is successful if this symptom of Multiple Sclerosis is reduced.
What are spasms?
The minimum amount of urine a client should produce in a three hour period.
What is 90 mL.
You flex your knee, and then when you extend it, you have extreme pain. What condition do you suspect you have contracted?
What is meningitis? (Kernig's sign is a symptom, not a disease)
It is 2pm, and your ischemic stroke R/O patient's last know well was 11:30 am. Should you anticipate TPA administration
What is yes? Probably
A marked increase in WBCs in CSF is a hallmark of this disease.
What is bacterial meningitis?
The part of the brain that monitors your hydration and secretes some hormones
What is the hypothalmus?
Opioids contribute to this common postoperative complication.
What is nausea/vomiting?
This is the first sign exhibited by a client with increasing ICP
What are changes in LOC?
You suspect a client is experiencing a stroke. What test do you anticipate to be ordered for a patient?
What is a CT scan?
A client asks you the cause of Alzhemier's disease. This is your answer
Passive ROM exercises are considered a successful intervention of this occurs in clients with MS.
What is preservation of mobility?
This med is used mostly for spastic conditions, but also is a nifty treatment for malignant hyperthermia
What is Dantrolene
A client with a spinal cord injury complains of a full bladder they are not able to empty. While help arrives, what is the very first thing you should assess?
What are vital signs?
This is a priority screening for a client with Huntington's disease.
What is a suicide screen?
Deterioration of this structure, a producer of dopamine, is the cause of Parkinson's disease.
What is the substantia nigra(which is in the basal ganglia)?
Medication therapy for Alzheimer's disease is successful if this occurs.
What is slowing of disease progression?