Neuro Assessment
When grading muscle strength, this is how you would grade someone who can move a limb without gravity
2 out of 5
The facial nerve
VII
Frontal
These terms mean difficulty swallowing vs difficulty speaking
dyphagia vs dysarthria
A sensation of movement that may be accompanied by n/v, tinnitus, and possibly a fall
vertigo
This is how you test cranial nerves III, IV, VI
EOMI
The hypoglossal nerve
XII
Tactile sensation of cold water
Parietal
This is the "fight or flight" part of the nervous system
sympathetic
These are three signs/symptoms of a stroke
unilateral weakness, numbness, sudden onset "worst headache of life," slurring, sudden onset imbalance or vertigo
This is how you test the facial nerve
Raise eyebrows, forced lid closure, smile, puff out the cheeks
Acoustic nerve
Balancing on one foot
Cerebellum
These are the two parts of the central nervous system
Brain, SC
This is the order or direction in which an infant's neuro system develops
cephalocaudal, proximal to distal
Two items you are assessing when you document "alert, oriented x4"
Oculomotor, Trochlear, Abducens nerves
III, IV, VI
Giving a speech
Broca's area
This is the acronym to teach to patients who are at risk for a stroke
FAST
These is an expected finding for reflexes in the geriatric population
1+ bil to patella and achilles sites
These are the five areas to obtain reflexes
Bicep, tricep, brachioradialis, knee, achilles
The trigeminal nerve
V
Seeing a red light
Occipital
Left side
This diagnosis typically presents with tremor, bradykinesia, and shuffling gait
Parkinson's