Signs and Symptoms
S/S of this disorder include a shuffling gait, tremors at rest, rigidity, and “pill rolling”.
What is Parkinson’s Disease
This is an important nursing priority for patient’s with ALS
What is aspiration assessment/risk
This disorder is an immune mediated, progressive demyelinating disease for the CNS.
What is Multiple Scherosis (MS)
A thymectomy can be done for this disorder and is the only option treatment that can result in complete remission With a success rate of approx. 35%.
What is MG
The classification for this medication
Baclofen
What is muscle relaxant
S/S of this autoimmune disorder include fatigue, weakness, tremor, vision changes, and spasticity.
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
What assessment should the nurse include for the MS patient who is at risk for UTI?
What is past medical history of recurrent UTIs?
This disorder is caused by an imbalance of dopamine and acetylcholine due to lack of dopamine storage cells in the brain.
What is Parkinson’s Disease
What is Parkinson’s Disease
What disorder is this medication used for?
Interferon
What is MS
S/S include weakness that involves with rest, drooping eyelids, and difficulty swallowing or talking.
What is Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
What is code cart, provider, and RT
The cause of this disorder is unknown but it causes loss of motor nuerons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord and motor nuclei in the lower brain stem. There is no loss of cognitive function because it effects motor neurons.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
These medications can be used to treat ALS and are considered disease modifying drugs
What is Riluzole and Edarvone
What is an adverse effect of this medication?
Levodopa
What is loses effectiveness over time.
These are the 4 cardinal symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
rigidity, bradykinesia, postural changes, and tremors.
What risks do Parkinson’s patients have that nurses need to monitor and plan for while in the hospital?
What are fall risk, aspiration risk, and skin integrity. They also have increased risk for respiratory and UT infections.
This diagnosis is made when 2 of the 4 cardinal symptoms are present.
Parkinson’s Disease
This test is done on patient’s with MG to determine if their crisis is cholinergic or myanethic.
What is a Tensilon or edrophonium test
This medication can be given as an adjunct to Levodopa so that the Levodopa has time to reach the brain before being metabolized.
What is Carbidopa
S/S of this progressive disorder include painful spasticity, progressive muscle weakness, lack of coordination, and brisk/overactive DTR.
What is ALS
Patient education that the nurse can give a Parkinson’s patient about their medications.
What is a Levodopa “drug holiday” may be necessary to increase effectiveness of the drug.
Other info: increase fluid to 3L/day, medications may make dizzy, no cure for disorder, emotional support/social services referral
This disorder is an autoimmune disorder affecting the myoneural junction causing weakness of voluntary muscles
What is Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
These are the 4 main clinical forms of MS
What are relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, primary progressive, and progressive-relapsing
What classification of drug does this medication belong to and what does it do?
Pyridostigmine
What is cholinesterase inhibitor, inhibits the breakdown of the neurotransmitter ACh.