Cranial Nerves
This cranial nerves is responsible for the sense of taste, secretion of saliva, sensory input for cardiac, respiratory and blood pressure reflexes, and contraction of pharynx (swallowing)?
What is IX Glossopharyngeal?
This type of headache responds to ergot based medications.
What are migraines?
Identifying triggers such as hypoglycemia, hypoxia, hyponatremia, and inconsistent sleep are all included in teaching of this nursing intervention?
What is preventing seizures?
This type of seizure includes classical signs of repetitive, purposeless behaviors.
What are Partial Seizures?
This is priority nursing diagnosis for clients experiencing a stroke?
What is Risk for Ineffective Cerebral Tissue Perfusion?
This cranial nerve is responsible for the sense of taste, contraction of facial muscles and secretion of saliva
What is VII Facial?
This therapeutic measure is best used for cluster headaches?
Quiet dark environment and cold compresses.
Proper body mechanics, electrical stimulation, and strategies to avoid reinjury are used in this type of CNS disorder
What are herniated discs?
This type of seizure includes automatisms, can last for 2 to 15 minutes and a loss of consciousness.
What is a complex partial seizure?
This is a priority nursing diagnosis for a client experiencing a progressive neuromuscular disorder?
What is Ineffective Airway Clearance?
This cranial nerve is responsible for the movement of the eyeball and constriction of pupil for bright light or near vision.
What is III Oculomotor?
Pressure, aching, steady, tight are some words that clients use to describe this kind of headache.
What are tension headaches?
This type of routine teaching, involves keeping body alignment when moving to prevent injury to the operative sight following a spinal surgery?
What is log-rolling technique?
Nursing education includes monitoring therapeutic levels, avoid driving or operating machinery, and tapering for this type of medication
What are anticonvulsants?
This a priority nursing diagnosis for a client with myasthenia gravis
What is activity intolerance?
This cranial nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing and sense of equilibrium.
What is VIII Vestibulocochlear?
Prodromal phase occurs during this type of headache?
What is a migraine?
Balance, Eyesight changes, Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time are used to educate on this topic
What is stroke?
This type of life threatening seizure requires prompt intervention to prevent irreversible neurological damage, and may need intensive care for prolonged acitivity.
This is the highest priority nursing diagnosis for a client undergoing intracranial surgery.
What is risk for ineffective cerebral tissue perfusion?
This cranial nerve is responsible for the contraction of neck and shoulders muscles and motor input to larynx (speaking)
What is XI Accessory?
This type of headache are thought to be caused by vascular disturbance, stress, anxiety and emotional distress.
What are cluster headaches?
This position uses the effects of orthostasis to control blood pressure in a client experiencing Autonomic Dysreflexia.
What is High Fowler?
This medication is used for a client experiencing a prolonged seizure.
What is lorazepam?
This nursing diagnosis is highest priority of a client with nerve root damage during a lumbar spinal surgery.
What is Impaired Urinary Elimination?