Assessments
The name and function of CN IX.
What is glossopharyngeal; tongue movement, gag reflex, and taste?
Aura
What is a perceptual disturbance warning of a migraine or seizure?
What are common types of primary headaches?
Migraines, cluster headaches, and tension-type headaches (TTH)
The Glasgow Coma Scale score for a patient who only opens their eyes in response to pressure, says "eleven" when asked their name, and reflexively moves away from pressure or painful stimuli.
What is 9?
Eye response = 2
Verbal response = 3
Motor response = 4
A common antiepileptic drug.
What is phenytoin?
The difference between primary and secondary headaches
Primary Headache: those that are not caused by any other medical conditions.
Secondary Headache: those that are caused by underlying health conditions (trauma, infections, intracranial disorders, vascular disorders, or psychiatric disorders)
The main functions of the parietal lobe of the brain.
What is sensory info, body/spatial awareness, and language processing?
Absence (Petite Mal) Seizures
Loss of consciousness for 10 to 30 seconds
No motor activity or mild symmetrical activity such as blinking.
May occur several hundred times daily
Rare in adults, typically stop occurring during adolescence
What population is less likely to report primary headaches?
Clients older than 65 due to comorbidities. Primary headaches may present in atypical manner and are usually tension, migraine, and hypnic (sleep inducing) headaches
The mnemonic for the cranial nerves.
What is: On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops?
(Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Acoustic, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal)
Status epilepticus.
Repeated seizure activity without full recovery in a 30-minute time frame or a single prolonged seizure lasting more than 5 minutes.
Client Education: The clients should seek immediate medical attention when...
Five neurologic diagnostic tests and a nursing consideration for each.
Cerebral angiography: kidneys, bleeding
Cerebral computed tomography (CT) scan: don't wear metal
Electroencephalography (EEG): avoid caffeine prior
Lumbar puncture (spinal tap): cerebral tumor, bleeding
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): remove metal, patches with foil backing, claustrophobia
Positron emission tomography (PET), Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): diabetes mellitus
Radiography (x-ray): remove jewelry/clothing over area
Complex partial seizure clinical manifestations.
Automatisms (behaviors that the client is unaware of, such as lip smacking or picking at clothes)
Loss of consciousness or blackout for several minutes
Amnesia immediately prior or after seizure
Hallucinations
Dysphasia
The pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments used to prevent headache? Who are pharmacilogical treatment reserved for?
Pharmacological:
Nonpharmacological: