Assessments
Meningitis and Lumbar
Seizures
Seizures and Headaches
Headaches
100

3 important things to assess for the Nervous System?

1. Head-to-Toe Exam

2. Cranial Nerves 1-12

3. Motor and sensory function

100

What is Nuchal Rigidity?

Tightness and inability to move the neck muscles

100

What Diagnostic exam records electrical activity of the brain to evaluate seizure disorders or cerebral disease

EEG - Electroencephalogram

100

In what type of seizure will a person not return to consciousness?

Status Epilepticus

100

The victims of this type of headache are 90% male

Cluster Headache

200

A Head injury that occurs on the opposite side of Impact 

Contrecoup

200

The 2 potential Complications of Meningitis

Elevated ICP

SIADH

200

What age groups are usually effected Petite Mal Seizures

They occur in children and rarely continue past adolescence

200

True or False : Phenobarbitals are meds for Seizures

True

200

Clinical Manifestations of this type of headache are Photophobia and Phonophobia

Migraine Headache

300

4 of the Brains protective Mechanisms

Skin, Bone, Dura Mater, Arachnoid layer, Pia Mater, Gray Matter, White Matter

300

This meningitis Diagnostic test provides Direct visualization of cerebral blood vessels

Cerebral Angiogram

300

During a Petite Mal Seizure, the person will usually do what?

A brief staring spell that lasts only a few seconds

300

Symptoms of tension, migraine, and cluster formation in the brain chemistry describe what kind of Headache

Primary Headache

300

Foods high in what are considered Triggers for Migraine headaches

Tyramine

400

The 3 signs of Cushing's Triad

(HyperBradyBrady)

Hypertension, Bradycardia, Bradypnea

400

What is the important nursing consideration that must be made before performing a Lumbar puncture?

Ensure that the patient does not have a Cerebral Tumor

400

Stand up and show how Jacksonian March moves through the body?

Moves from the fingers, to the arm, to the face, to one side of the body, then down the leg

400

During a headache, Serotonin levels increase or decrease?

Decrease

400

How long does Throbbing last in Migraine Headaches

4-6 hours

500

The Normal ICP Range

10-15 mmHg

500

In a lumbar puncture, the spinal needle is inserted between what 2 Lumbar vertebrae

3rd and 4th

500

When someone is experiencing an Aura, They may have these 2 tastes

Metallic taste

Noxious odor

500

Tension Headaches are described as feeling like...

A tight band across the head

500

What are the Medications for Migraines

OTC-NSAIDS

Excedrin

Serotonin Receptor Agonists(Imitrex, ergotamine's, Dihydroergotamine)

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