inability to swallow food or drin, choking, or aspiration
What is Dysphagia
200
ability to identify objects by manipulating and touching them
What is Stereognosis
200
Rapid, shallow breathing caused by fever, restrictive lung disease, or pleuritic chest pain
What is Kussmaul Respiration
300
controls respiratoryand cardiac regulation, level of awareness, includes midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
What is Brain stem
300
pupils dilated, hightened awareness, increased heart rate,BP, RR, and decreased urine output and decreased gastric secretions is th caused by the following Autonomic nervous system
What is Sympathetic
300
An impairment of language functioning
What is Aphasia
300
This posture is characterized by rigidity and sustained contraction of the extensor muscles (abnormal extension)
What is Decebrate
300
Accessory neck muscles involved in forced breathing
What are Trapezius and Sternocleidomastoid
400
Responsible for hearing, memory and speech perception
What is Temporal lobe
400
A specific response to an adequate stimulus, occurs without conscious control
What is Reflex action
400
loss of ability to write as a result of lesions of Broca's and Wernicke's areas in the dominant side of the brain
What is Agraphia
400
Neurological test that is used to assess the dorsal columns of the spinal cord,[1] which are essential for joint position sense (proprioception) and vibration sense (used for alcohol or drug impaired driving)
What is Romberg's test
400
OLDCART is helpful in tracking data called
What is HPI
500
Higher intellectual function, speech production, ipsilateral motor control
What is Frontal lobe
500
Abrupt loss of consciousness of brief duration due to decreased oxyge or glucos supply to the brain
What is Syncope
500
An international method for grading neurological responses by assessing the parameters of consciousness:eye opening, verbal response, and motor response
What is Glasgow Coma Scale
500
This reflex occurs when the big toe moves toward the top of the foot and the other toes fan out after the sole of the foot has been firmly stroked. when present it is a sign of damage to the nerve paths connecting the spinal cord and the brain (the corticospinal tract).
What is Babinski's reflex
500
"Life style History" enables nurse to determine the stressors in patinets life in relation to illness. This type of histroy is termed as