Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
Degeneration of the myelin sheath, inflamed nerves, slowed or blocked nerve impulses
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
A patient has been camping the last several weeks and is brought to the health-care provider’s (HCP’s) office with a headache, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, and a fever, which has developed over the past few days. The nurse begins collecting data about the possible causes of the symptoms.
What is encephalitis?
Strokes are caused by an embolus traveling from another part of the body to the cerebral artery
What is an Embolic Stroke?
After a patient receives extensive burns and states "I was doing so well, but I will never fit in again with my family, friends, or coworkers.” What collaborative referral should the nurse inquire about?
What is psychiatric counseling?
Number one thing in nursing care.
what is prevention; prevention is key?
Referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease; muscle weakness/atrophy; Nerve Impulse transmission blocked
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?
Removal of bone on either one or both sides of the vertebrae.
What is a laminectomy?
Hypertension, Smoking, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
What are Modifiable Risk Factors?
A child is brought to the emergency department with burns from hot liquid pulled from the stove. Which information is most important for the nurse to acquire from the accompanying adult?
What is duration of exposure?
When bone tissue becomes necrotic
What is osteomyelitis?
Very rare disorder, inflammation of spinal/cranial nerves; paresthesia of lower ext --may progress to upper ext and face
What is Guillain-Barre syndrome?
Two vertebrates move out of normal anatomical position
What is herniated disc?
Thrombolytic therapy that should be administered within 4.5 hours of symptom onset
What is alteplase?
This scale is used to determine pressure ulcer development with patients on bedrest
What is the Braden Scale?
[In regards to what you learned in musculoskeletal lecture] Debridement, reconstruction, and antibiotic therapies would be necessary.
What is curative therapy for osteomyelitis?
This is a priority assessment in patients with Guillian-Barre syndrome
What is the Respiratory rate and depth; status?
The spinal canal compresses the spinal cord
What is spinal stenosis?
To protect from aspiration, this should be carried out first following a stroke.
What is a swallow study?
The community nurse is working with a family who has had multiple infestations of over a period of several months. The nurse has educated the community to wash hats and linens in hot/soapy water
What is pediculosis capitis, or Head lice?
Most common primary malignant tumors: Bone Cancer.
What is osteosarcoma?
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis usually experience death from this
What is an infection?
After spinal cord injury a patient experiences weakness of the legs
What is paraparesis?
This scale is used when there is detected decrease level of consciousness or orientation
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale
A mother brings a young child with a skin rash to the clinic. The mother states the child wakes at night complaining of itching. Upon observation your notice some burrows with pink, raised bumps.
What is Scabies?
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has this disease, following a compound fracture of the right lower leg. The white blood cells are elevated
What is Osteomyelitis?