Neurologic Assessment Study Questions
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- How would a nurse assess CN XI
- Palpate trapezius muscles while patient shrugs shoulders
- When the babinski response is tested in an adult the normal response is
- When sole is stroked, the toes contract and draw together
- What is the appropraite nursing action when a patient, after undergoing a CT scan, is flushed and states that their stomach hurts
- Call Physician - an alergic reaction is possible
- During a PET scan, an Alzheimer's patietn tates that she feels dizzy and has a headache. What is the appropriate NI
- Comfort patient as this is a normal reaction
- After a lumbar puncture, the complication of a post-lumbar puncture headache may be avoided or managed in what way?
- Have pt remain prone and on bedrest, analgesics, hydration
- How would the nurse assess CN II
- As them to view a Snellen Chart
- What test might a dr order to check for cerebral circulation
- Cerebral angiograph
- What is the Romberg Test used for
- Test a pts balance
- After a lumbar puncture, a patient complains fo a severe HA. What should the response of the nurse be?
- Tell the patient a HA is normal after a lumbar puncture
- Important intervention prior to an MRI
- Make sure no patient care equipment that contains metal enters the room
- Changes in a neuro patient's behavior are most likely due to
- chemical changes
- The anterior cerebral artery is associated with the
- Frontal and parietal lobes
- Your patietn has a history of aspiration and trouble swallowing. This is associated with which CN
- CN 10
- Which of the following would indicated damage to CN XII (hypoglossal
- Tongue deviates to the left when stuck out
- Autitory Receptive Aphasia
- Temporal lobe
- Visual-Receptive aphasia
- Parietal-occipital area
- Expressive speaking aphasia
- Inferior posterior frontal areas
- Expressive writing
- Posterior frontal lobe
- NI for patient scheduled to undergo a ceregral angiogram
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Prep and shave goin and local anesthetic, encouage plenty of fluids before procedure
Instruct pt to void prior to procedure - Why should a patient not sleep the night before an EEG is performed
- to increase the change of recording seizure activity
- Pt presents to ED c/o food having a metallic taste, ringing in their ears and facial numbness. Which CN could have a problem
- CN VII
- What score on the Glascow Coma Scal means that the patient is in severe trouble
- an 8
- this CN tests pts ability to rotate their head and shrug their shoulders
- CN XI
- Falx Cerebri is
- Dura mater that dips between hemispheres
- What dies CSF contain that differentiates it from other bodily fluids
- Glucose
- A man is viciously beaten about the head and shoulders with a croquet mallet. He is presenting with aphasia and contralateral hemiplegia. Which cerebral artery do you suspect is bleeding
- Middle