Neurology

Neuro Assessment

100

When grading muscle strength, this is how you would grade someone who can move a limb without gravity

2 out of 5

200

This is how you test cranial nerves III, IV, VI

EOMI

300

This is how you test the facial nerve

Raise eyebrows, forced lid closure, smile, puff out the cheeks

400

Two items you are assessing when you document "alert, oriented x4"

Level of Consciousness (alert, lethargy...coma) and Orientation (x1, x2, x3, x4)

500

These are the five areas to obtain reflexes

Bicep, tricep, brachioradialis, knee, achilles

Cranial Nerves

100

The facial nerve

VII

200

The hypoglossal nerve

XII

300

Acoustic nerve

VIII

400

Oculomotor, Trochlear, Abducens nerves

III, IV, VI

500

The trigeminal nerve

V

Name that Lobe

100

Arm movement

Frontal

200

Tactile sensation of cold water

Parietal 

300

Balancing on one foot

Cerebellum

400

Giving a speech

Broca's area

500

Seeing a red light

Occipital

Miscellaneous

100

These terms mean difficulty swallowing vs difficulty speaking

dyphagia vs dysarthria

200

This is the "fight or flight" part of the nervous system

sympathetic

300

These are the two parts of the central nervous system

Brain, SC

400

This is the acronym to teach to patients who are at risk for a stroke

FAST

500

This side of the body may be weak after a stroke to the R hemisphere

Left side

Abnormals/Lifespan

100

A sensation of movement that may be accompanied by n/v, tinnitus, and possibly a fall

vertigo

200

These are three signs/symptoms of a stroke

unilateral weakness, numbness, sudden onset "worst headache of life," slurring, sudden onset imbalance or vertigo

300

This is the order or direction in which an infant's neuro system develops

cephalocaudal, proximal to distal

400

These is an expected finding for reflexes in the geriatric population

1+ bil to patella and achilles sites

500

This diagnosis typically presents with tremor, bradykinesia, and shuffling gait

Parkinson's