Mind Over Matter
These are the signs/symptoms a patient may be experiencing a CSF leak.
This is a priority for a nurse to do if their patient is noticed to have muscle twitching, heart palpitations and a headache.
Check their electrolytes
This diagnostic tool is the standard used to assess a patient's level of consciousness (LOC).
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
This is the hallmark manifestation of a patient diagnosed with peritonitis.
Rigid, board-like abdomen.
A nurse may be assessing this cranial nerve when testing their patient's hearing.
Acoustic - #8
The brainstem is responsible for these four reflexes.
Gag, Swallowing, Pupillary Response, Corneal Response
This is a hallmark manifestation of glomerulonephritis.
Dark-colored urine
This is the earliest sign of increasing intracranial pressure (ICP).
Change in LOC
This category of kidney injury may be suspected of a patient arrives to you in the ED with GI hemorrhaging from a MVC.
Prerenal
The nurse should assess a patient with Parkinson's for tremors at this time initially.
This is often times the biggest and most challenging part for caregivers to deal with for a patient with Huntington's Disease.
Emotional and Personality Changes
A patient may be experiencing this if they display bounding peripheral pulses.
Fluid overload
This is the first thing to do for a patient immediately recovering from a seizure.
Place in the side-lying position
This is the primary cause of anemia in patients with ESRD.
Erythropoietin deficiency
The nurse could expect a patient experiencing hyperkalemia to exhibit this sign.
Decreased muscle strength.
This type of neurological positioning is present when a patient has internal rotation of the lower extremities and rotation of the upper extremities.
Decorticate
This is the priority assessment for a patient returning to the floor after dialysis.
Vital signs -> BP
This is a priority assessment for a patient with worsening Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Assess respiratory status
Patients with chronic renal failure may develop this electrolyte abnormality.
Hypocalcemia
This cranial nerve might be being assessed if a nurse uses a tongue depressor to check the back of the throat.
Glossopharyngeal - #9
This is a major risk for those with Parkinson's as the disease progresses and the nurse should educate the family to monitor for it.
Dysphasia
This lab is the most sensitive indicator of renal function.
Creatinine
Steroids are often given to a patient with brain tumors for this main reasons.
Decrease cerebral edema.
This term describes poor urine output.
Oliguria
GBS is described as this.
Ascending muscle weakness