Controls body temperature,appetite, and water balance; links nervous and endocrine systems.
What is hypothalamus
100
Allows the nurse to provide an objective score from 3 -15 of the client's neurological status
What is Glasgow Coma Scale
100
May be acute, subacute or chronic, building up over time
What is Subdural Hematoma
100
AN INTERRUPTION OF BLOOD FLOW, NECROSIS , EMBOLUS AND PRESSURE ON A BLOOD VESSEL.
What are signs and symptoms of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
100
A triad of symptoms is characteristic of PD (Parkinson's Disease)
What is Tremor, Bradykinesia, and Rigidity
200
Contains reticular formation that regulates heartbeat, respiration, and blood pressure, controls center for swallowing coughing, sneezing and vomiting, relays messages to other parts of the brain.
What is medulla oblongata
200
Patient will lie flat with head turned to one side and then the other as metal wand passes along the artery
What is Carotid Duplex Doppler Studies
200
Spinal cord damage with shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand partial movements possible paraplegia
What is C7 Spinal Injury
200
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF COMPLAINTS OF PAIN.
What is a HEADACHE ?
200
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) slow but almost continuous worsening with occasional plateaus and temporary minor improvements
What is Primary Progressive
300
Visual acuity, field of vision, pupillary response (afferent impulse)
What is OPTIC (CN II)
300
Uses dye injected into the spinal canal to make the structure clearly visible on x-rays
What is Myelogram
300
An injury treated with traction to immobilize the affected vertebrae and maintain alignment
What is Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
300
PHENYTION , CARBAMAZEPINE , PHENOBARBITAL AND GABAPENTIN.
WHAT DRUGS TREAT TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES ?
300
The cure rate for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
What is There Is No Cure
400
Whisper form varying distances and locations and behind the patient and ask what was said.
What is vestibulocochlear (ACOUSTIC) ?
400
"FOUR" stand for
What is Full Outline of UnResponsiveness
400
Viewed with an ophthalmoscope is a classic sign of increased ICP
What is Papilledema (swelling of the optic disc)
400
MAY OCCUR AS A COMPLICATION OF THE VIRAL DISEASES CHICKEN POX , MEASLES , AND MUMPS.
WHAT IS ENCEPHALITIS ?
400
Characteristic of the muscle weakness of Myasthenia Gravis
What is Ptosis (drooping upper lid)
500
Sensations of posterior tongue, throat, larynx,impulses from heart, lungs, bronchi, and gastrointestinal tract
What is VAGUS (CN X)
500
May be receptive, expressive or global
What is Aphasia
500
Increases osmotic pressure of glomerular filtrate; promotes diuresis