PRIMARY PACEMAKER OF THE HEART
WHAT IS THE SINOATRIAL NODE?
USED TO ASSSS A PATIENT'S LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER A BRAIN INJURY.
WHAT IS GLASCOW COMA SCALE?
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTIC PATTERN OF RELATIVELY PERMANENT THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS THAT DEFINE HIS OR HER QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
BLOCKS DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN
WHAT IS ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS?
YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE LOW NA+ LEVEL, DIZZINESS, MUSCLE TWITCHES, SLURRED SPEECH, AND MAYBE SEIZURE IN THIS PATIENT
WHAT IS INCREASED LITHIUM LEVEL?
STROKE VOLUME X HEART RATE
WHAT IS CARDIAC OUTPUT?
PART OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, BALANCE, AND MUSCLE COORDINATION
WHAT IS THE CEREBELLUM?
BRAIN DISORDER AFFECTING THINKING, TALKING, EMOTIONS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND REALITY
WHAT IS SCHIZOPHENIA?
WHAT IS BLURRED VISION?
WHAT ARE ISCHEMIC AND HEMORRHAGIC?
MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE IN VENA CAVA OR RIGHT ATRIUM
WHAT IS CENTRAL VENOUS PRESS (CVP)?
EARLY SIGNS OF ICP
WHAT IS DECREASE LOC, PUPIL CHANGES?
WHAT ARE LATE SIGNS OF DECREASE LOC?
VOMITTING
MUSCLE RIGIDITY, DYSPHASIA, POSTURING, DECREASE SPEECH, DECREASE LOC, FEVER, AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION.
WHAT IS NMS (NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME?
MEDICATION USED TO TREAT BIPOLAR
WHAT IS LITHIUM?
BODY MAKES TOO MUCH ADH, RESULTING IN WATER RETENTION AND DECREASE SODIUM
WHAT IS SIADH?
OPPOSITE OF SIADH IS WHAT - DI.
WHAT IS THIS.
PR INTERVAL GETS LONGER THAN DROPS QRS
WHAT IS 2ND DEGREE, TYPE ONE HEART BLOCK?
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS LACKS THIS
WHAT IS ACH?
INSTABILITY OF EMOTIONAL CONTROL OR REGULATIONS
WHAT IS BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER?
CLASS OF DRUG OF CLOZAPINE
WHAT IS ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC?
DISORDER WHEN ADRENAL GLANDS DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH CORTISOL AND SOMETIMES ALDOSTERONE
WHAT IS ADDISON'S DISEASE?
TIME OF VENTRICULAR DEPOLARIZATION AND REPOLARIZATIN
WHAT IS QRS COMPLEX?
THIS PART OF THE BRAIN IS RESPONSIBLE HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTION, DECISION-MAKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, MOTOR FUNCTION, SPEECH, PERSONALITY
WHAT IS THE FRONTAL LOBE?
THE NURSE SHOULD TELL A PATIENT WHO IS TAKING LITHIUM NOT TO LIMIT THIS IN THEIR DIET
WHAT IS SALT?
EARLY SIGN OF LITHIUM TOXICITY
WHAT ARE NAUSEA,,VOMITTING, DIARRHEA?
WHAT IS THE PITUITARY?
CONTROL FUNCTION OF MOST OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS. REGULATES GROWTH, REPRODUCTION FUNCTION, BP H20 BALANCE, RESPONSE TO STRESS.