URINARY
THE TYPES OF URINARY STONES
WHAT IS CALCIUM OXALATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, STRUVITE, URIC ACID, AND CYSTEINE
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MS
WHAT IS A CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT CAUSES DEMYELINATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM? IT CAUSES INFLAMMATION & DESTRUCTION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH.
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
WHAT IS A CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE LOSS OF DOPAMINE-PRODUCING NEURONS IN THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA. DOPAMINE EFFICIENCY LEADS TO MOTOR AND NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS AFFECTING MOVEMENT, MOOD, AND AUTONOMIC FUNCTION.
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)- STROKE
WHAT IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAIN FUNCTION RESULTING FROM DISRUPTION OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN, CAUSING NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS THAT LAST MORE THAN 24 HOURS?
THE DEFINITION OF GLOBAL APHASIA
WHAT IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH RECEPTIVE & EXPRESSIVE APHASIA?
THE DEFINITION OF FISTULA
WHAT IS...AN ABNORMAL CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ARTERY & A VEIN, USUALLY CREATED TO PROVIDE A RELIABLE SITE FOR DIALYSIS.
THE BEST ACTIVITY FOR SOMEONE WITH MS
WHAT IS WALKING & LIGHT SWIMMING WITH REST PERIODS?
PATIENT EDUCATION FOR PARKISON'S DISEASE
WHAT IS AVOID HIGH-PROTEIN MEALS WHEN TAKING MEDICATIONS, EAT A HIGH-FIBER DIET, SMALL FREQUENT MEALS, AND AVOID SUDDEN MOVEMENTS?
THE GOLD STANDARD FOR DIAGNOSING A STROKE
THAT IS A CT SCAN WITHOUT CONTRAST
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ENDOVASCULAR COILING
WHAT IS A MINIMALLY INVASIVE, IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURE USED TO TREAT CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS?
THE DEFINITION OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION
THE COMPLICATIONS OF MS, NAME 3 OUT 5
WHAT IS MUSCLE WEAKNESS & PARALYSIS, CHRONIC FATIGUE, COGNITIVE DECLINE, LOSS OF MOBILITY & UTI
THE COMPLICATIONS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
WHAT IS ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA, FALLS & FRACTURES, DEPRESSION, DEMENTIA, ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, AND CONSTIPATION?
THE PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SLOW, GRADUAL SYMPTOMS OF SLURRED SPEECH, WEAKNESS, AND CONFUSION
WHAT IS A THROMBOTIC STROKE?
THE GOLD STANDARD FOR DIAGNOSING INTRACEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE AND NURSE PRIORITY
WHAT IS CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAM/ANGIOPLASTY AND NURSE PRIORITY: PATIENT NPO, KEEP EXTREMITY STRAIGHT & IMMOBILE, PRESSURE DRESSING X 2 HOURS, HYDRATION (FLUSH OUT DYE), ALLERGY (SHELLFISH), ASSESS VS FREQUENTLY, NEUROLOGIC ASSESSMENT FREQUENTLY & INSERTION SITE.
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PYELONEPHRITIS
WHAT IS FEVER, FLANK PAIN, NAUSEA/VOMITING, TACHYCARDIA, PAIN AT CVA, BURNING, URGENCY, HYPERTENSION, FATIGUE
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MS
WHAT IS DOUBLE VISION, NYSTAGMUS, INTENTIONAL TREMORS, ATAXIA, PARATHESIA, ATAXIC DYSARTHRIA, BOWEL & BLADDER DYSFUNCTION, FATIGUE, & MEMORY IMPAIRMENT?
THE CARDINAL SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
WHAT IS BRADYKINESIA, TREMORS (PILL-ROLLING), RIGIDITY, AND POSTURAL INSTABILITY?
THE PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SUDDEN SEVERE "WORST" HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING, INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, THE TREATMENT FOR THIS
WHAT IS STABILIZING BLOOD PRESSURE AND CALL FOR THE NEUROSURGEON?
THE TYPE OF STROKE CAUSED BY ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
WHAT IS AN EMBOLIC STROKE?
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RENAL COLIC
WHAT IS SEVERE MOVING OR OBSTRUCTION OF STONE? SEVERE FLANK PAIN, COLIC-LIKE PAIN RADIATING FROM FLANK TO GROIN OR GENITAL AREA. NAUSEA. VOMITING. PALLOR. DIAPHORESIS. SYNCOPY.
THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR MS & THE EXPECTED FINDINGS
WHAT IS MRI (WHITE MATTER LESIONS), LUMBAR PUNCTURE (INCREASED IgG IN CSF), EVOKED POTENTIALS (SLOWED NERVE CONDUCTION), LABS (ELEVATED IgG IN SERUM), & CLINICAL FINDINGS (SIGNS & SYMPTOMS)
THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
WHAT IS NO SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC TEST? BUT 2 CARDINAL SYMPTOMS (BRADYKINESIA PLUS ONE MORE), DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER SCAN, CSF MAY SHOW DECREASED DOPAMINE LEVELS.
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF A LEFT HEMISPHERE STROKE
WHAT IS RIGHT HEMIPLEGIA, APHASIA (SPEECH/LANGUAGE), SLOW CAUTIOUS BEHAVIOR, MEMORY PROBLEMS, IMPAIRED COMPREHENSION
THE NURSE PRIORITY FOR STROKES
WHAT IS ASSESS GAG REFLEX, MAINTAIN AIRWAY, SUCTION AS NEEDED, PREVENT CONTRACTURES, ASSESS SWALLOWING, FALL PRECAUTIONS, BLADDER RETRAINING?