Seizures
Psycho-active Drugs
Alzheimer's Disease
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Parkinson's
100
A chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizure activity. Caused by abnormalities in electrical neuronal activity and imbalances of NTs.
What is Epilepsy?
100
Start _______, go slow
What is low?
100
The most common type of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's
100
Method of infusing nutrient solutions directly into GI tract
What is enteral nutrition?
100
Chronic, degenerative motor system disorder caused by loss of dopamine producing brain cells.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
200
Medical emergency, seizures lasting > 5 minutes or repeated seizures.
What is status epilepticus?
200
Donepezil, Rivastigmine, and Galantamine are examples of what drug class used to delay progression of dementia.
What is Cholinesterase inhibitors?
200
All _________ is dementia, but not all dementia is _______
What is Alzheimer's?
200
KUB, Gastric pH (1.5-3.5), residual, and thorough GI assessments
What is ways to check placement for enteral feedings
200
Tremor at rest, rigidity, and bradykinesia.
What is Cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's?
300
Severe penetrating head trauma, stroke, brain tumors, CNS infections, toxic substances.
What is risk factors of seizures?
300
Carbidopa-levidopa, anticholinergics, dopamine mimicers, and MAO-iinhibitors.
What is pharmacological treatment of Parkinson's?
300
There can either be 3 of these (mild, moderate, severe) or 7 (ranging from no decline to very severe decline) to assess the progression of Alzheimer's.
What are Stages of Deterioration?
300
DAILY DOUBLE Measurement of HOB for enteral feeding
What is 30 degrees
300
This carries the levidopa across the blood brain barrier.
What is Carbidopa?
400
Tonic-Clonic Tonic Absence Clonic Myoclonic Atonic
What is types of seizures? bonus if you can tell me which is which
400
MAO-inhibitors are used with this in advanced PD or as single drug treatment in early PD
What is Levidopa?
400
Functional impairment, mood disorders, delusions and hallucinations, dependence in ADL's, inability to initiate meaningful activity, anxiety, spatial disorientation, elopement, resistance to care, food refusal, insomnia, apathy and agitation
What are 12 core primary symptoms of Alzheimer's?
400
Stroke, dysphagia, failure to thrive, and severe depression
What is indications for enteral nutrition?
400
Parkinsonian crisis, on/off response, loss of medication effectiveness
What is complications in Parkinson's?
500
DAILY DOUBLE Name three tests used to diagnose seizure activity
What is EEG, CT, MRI?
500
Treats tremor.
What is anticholinergics?
500
The main pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's is in this class.
What is Cholinesterase inhibitors?
500
You would hang this if you ran out of parenteral nutrition before another bag came. Bonus: Why?
What is D10?
500
Health assessment, medication instruction and monitoring, client and family education.
What is Role of nursing for Parkinson's?
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