What's in my drink?
Gold standard for alcohol withdrawal assessment.
What is the CIWA scale? (Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol)
The most common type of headache.
What is a tension headache?
American Heart Associations mnemonic for stroke.
What is FAST? (face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time to call 911)
Area of the brain that coordinates voluntary movement, receives information and influences motor activity.
What is the cerebellum?
This cranial nerve dictates our sense of smell.
The 4 cardinal symptoms of alcohol abuse.
What is craving, loss of control, physical dependence, and tolerance?
This headache usually occurs at night and are severe with unilateral sharp pain in orbital, supraorbital, or temporal areas.
What is a cluster headache?
ABCDs of health promotion and maintenance in stroke prevention.
What is aspirin use when appropriate, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation?
This nervous systems is involved in the fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)? Hormone released is norepinephrine.
This nerve dictates eye movement and pupil constriction.
What is CN III or oculomotor?
The nutritional concerns of alcoholism.
What are deficits in electrolytes, thiamine (Vitamin B1), folic acid, and protein?
This is something temporary a patient can experience prior to a migraine headache that involves visual symptoms, distortions, unusual odors, hearing voices, or speech problems.
What is an aura? Auras only occur in less than 25% of cases of migraine headache.
This type of stroke results from sudden blockage of cerebral blood vessel interrupting perfusion and is a medical emergency.
What is ischemic stroke?
This hormone is normally released in the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system response.
What is acetylcholine?
This nerve dictates sensations from upper and lower face and chewing.
What is CN V or the trigeminal nerve?
Begins 3 days after alcohol withdrawal syndrome begins or may appear within 8 hours from the last drink resulting in severe autonomic hyperactivity.
What is delirium tremens?
First line abortive therapy for mild to moderate migraine.
What is simple analgesics, combination analgesics, and NSAIDs?
This symptom involves the Broca's area of the brain resulting in language deficits and leading to difficulty expressing thoughts and errors in speech.
What is dysphasia?
In nursing care, you can utilize this test to assess for balance in your patient.
What is the Romberg test?
This nerve dictates tongue movement and swallowing.
What is hypoglossal or CN XII?
Increased risk for severe withdrawal symptoms in alcoholism.
What is history of seizures, delirium, elevated heart rate, and blood alcohol levels greater than 100 mg/dL?
First line therapy for moderate to severe migraine headaches.
What are triptans? These drugs affect selected serotonin receptors causing vasoconstriction and reducing inflammation. Examples: Sumatriptan
This complication can result in a patient after experiencing a stroke and is a priority in planning and providing nursing care.
What is dysphagia? (Swallow study required prior to any oral intake, elevate HOB with meals, and place on aspiration precautions)
This type of posturing occurs when assessing your patient for priority concerns in motor function with evidence of abnormal flexion of the arms and extension of the legs.
What is decorticate posturing? The patient appears stiff with flexion and adduction of the elbows, wrists, and fingers, and legs held out straight. The arms are bent in toward the body and the wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest. This type of posturing is a sign of severe damage in the brain
This nerve dictates sensations of hunger, fullness and GI discomfort.
What is CN X or the vagus nerve?