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Which of the following terms is used to describe the fibrous connective tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord? 11. The cranial nerve that is responsible for salivation, tearing, taste, and sensation in the ear is the _____________________ nerve. 12. The cranial nerve that is responsible for muscles that move the eye and lid is the _____________________ nerve. 13. The cranial nerve that is responsible for facial sensation and corneal reflex is the _____________________ nerve. 14. Upper motor neuron lesions cause 15. Lower motor neuron lesions cause 16. The percentage of patients over the age of 70 admitted to the hospital with delirium is about 17. Structural and motor changes related to aging that may be assessed in geriatric patients during an examination of neurologic function include which of the following? 18. What safety actions does the nurse need to take for a patient on oxygen therapy who is undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)? 19. Which of the following terms refer to a method of recording, in graphic form, the electrical activity of the muscle? 20. Which of the following are sympathetic effects of the nervous system? 21. Lesions in the temporal lobe may result in which of the following types of agnosia? 22. When the nurse observes that the patient has extension and external rotation of the arms and wrists and extension, plantar flexion, and internal rotation of the feet, she records the patient’s posturing as 23. Monro-Kellie hypothesis refers to 24. A patient who demonstrates an obtunded level of consciousness 25. An osmotic diuretic, such as Mannitol, is given to the patient with increased intracranial pressure (IICP) in order to 26. Which of the following positions are employed to help reduce intracranial pressure (ICP)? 27. Which of the following insults or abnormalities most commonly causes ischemic stroke? 28. When the patient is diagnosed as having global aphasia, the nurse recognizes that the patient will 29. Which of the following terms related to aphasia refers to the inability to perform previously learned purposeful motor acts on a voluntary basis? 30. Which of the following terms related to aphasia refers to the failure to recognize familiar objects perceived by the senses? 31. Which of the following terms related to aphasia refers to difficulty reading? 32. Which of the following terms related to aphasia refers to difficulty in selecting appropriate words, particularly nouns? 33. A patient has had neurologic deficits lasting for more than 24 hours, and now the symptoms are resolving. The nurse concludes that the patient has had which type of stroke? 34. Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor for transient ischemic attacks and ischemic strokes? 35. A patient who has had a previous stroke and is taking warfarin tells the nurse that he started taking garlic to help reduce his blood pressure. The nurse knows that garlic when taken together with warfarin 36. Later signs of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) later include which of the following? 37. Bleeding between the dura mater and arachnoid membrane is termed 38. Which of the following statements reflect nursing management of the patient with expressive aphasia? 39. Health promotion efforts to decrease the risk for ischemic stroke involve encouraging a healthy lifestyle including 40. Before the patient diagnosed with a concussion is released from the Emergency Department, the nurse teaches the family or friends who will be tending to the patient to contact the physician or return to the ED if the patient 41. When the nurse reviews the physician’s progress notes for the patient who has sustained a head injury and sees that the physician observed Battle’s sign when the patient was in the Emergency Department, the nurse knows that the physician observed 42. Which of the following findings in the patient who has sustained a head injury indicate increasing intracranial pressure (ICP)? 43. Which of the following nursing interventions is appropriate when caring for the awake and oriented head injury patient? 44. Of the following stimuli, which is known to trigger an episode of autonomic hyperreflexia in the patient who has suffered a spinal cord injury? 45. Risk factors that increase the likelihood of post-traumatic seizures following a head injury include which of the following? 46. A post-traumatic seizure classified as early occurs 47. The nurse assesses the dressing of a patient with a basal skull fracture and sees the halo sign – a blood stain surrounded by a yellowish stain. The nurse knows that this sign 48. A Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 7 or less is generally interpreted as 49. Which of the following terms refers to muscular hypertonicity with increased resistance to stretch? 50. Of the following terms, which refers to blindness in the right or left halves of the visual fields of both eyes?Practice Mode
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Vestibular neuronitis is a disorder of the vestibular nerve characterized by severe vertigo with normal hearing.
Meniere’s disease is associated with progressive sensorineural hearing loss.
Labyrinthitis is associated with varying degrees of hearing loss.
Endolymphatic hydrops refers to dilation in the endolymmphatic space associated with Meniere’s disease.
Both middle and inner ear age-related changes result in hearing loss.
Exostoses refers to small, hard, bony protrusions in the lower posterior bony portion of the ear canal.
Otalgia refers to a sensation of fullness or pain in the ear.
Sensorineural hearing loss is loss of hearing related to damage of the end organ for hearing and/or cranial nerve VIII.
BPPV is a brief period of incapacitating vertigo that occurs when the position of the patient’s head is changed with respect to gravity. The vertigo is usually accompanied by nausea and vomiting; however hearing impairment does not generally occur.
The onset of BPPV is sudden and followed by a predisposition for positional vertigo, usually for hours to weeks but occasionally for months or years.
BPPV is speculated to be caused by the disruption of debris within the semi circular canal. This debris is formed from small crystals of calcium carbonate from the inner ear structure, the utricle.
BPPV is frequently stimulated by head trauma, infection, or other events.
Bed rest is recommended for patients with acute symptoms. Canalith repositioning procedures (CRP) may be used to provide resolution of vertigo, and patients with acute vertigo may be medicated with meclizine for 1-2 weeks.
The Epley procedure is not recommended for patients with acute vertigo.
Patients with acute vertigo may be medicated with meclizine for 1-2 weeks.
The Dix-Hallpike test is an assessment test used to evaluate for BPPV.
Agnosia may be visual, auditory, or tactile.
Dementia refers to organic loss of intellectual function.
Ataxia refers to the inability to coordinate muscle movements.
Aphasia refers to loss of the ability to express oneself or to understand language.
Paraparesis is a frequent manifestation of degenerative neurologic disorders.
Hemiplegia refers to paralysis of one side of the body or a part of it due to an injury to the motor areas of the brain.
Quadriparesis refers to weakness that involves all four extremities.
Paraplegia refers to paralysis of both legs and the lower trunk.
The sources of serotonin are the brain stem, hypothalamus, and dorsal horn of the spinal cord.
Enkephalin is excitatory and associated with pleasurable sensations.
Norepinephrine is usually excitatory and affects mood and overall activity.
Acetylcholine is usually excitatory, but the parasympathetic effects are sometimes inhibitory.
The temporal lobe plays the most dominant role of any area of the cortex in cerebration.
The frontal lobe, the largest lobe, controls concentration, abstract thought, information storage or memory, and motor function.
The parietal lobe contains the primary sensory cortex, which analyzes sensory information and relays interpretation to the thalamus and other cortical areas.
The occipital lobe is responsible for visual interpretation.
The frontal lobe also controls information storage or memory and motor function.
The temporal lobe contains the auditory receptive area.
The parietal lobe contains the primary sensory cortex, which analyzes sensory information and relays interpretation to the thalamus and other cortical areas.
The occipital lobe is responsible for visual interpretation.
The meninges have three layers, the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
The dura mater is the outmost layer of the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord.
The arachnoid is the middle membrane of the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord.
The vestibulocochlear (VII) cranial nerve is responsible for hearing and equilibrium.
The oculomotor (III) cranial nerve is responsible for the muscles that move the eye and lid, pupillary constriction, and lens accommodation.
The trigeminal (V) cranial nerve is responsible for facial sensation, corneal reflex, and mastication.
The facial (VII) nerve controls facial expression and muscle movement.
The oculomotor (III) cranial nerve is also responsible for pupillary constriction and lens accommodation.
The trigeminal (V) cranial nerve is responsible for facial sensation, corneal reflex, and mastication.
The vestibulocochlear (VII) cranial nerve is responsible for hearing and equilibrium.
The facial (VII) nerve is responsible for salivation, tearing, taste, and sensation in the ear.
The trigeminal (V) cranial nerve is also responsible for mastication.
The oculomotor (III) cranial nerve is responsible for the muscles that move the eye and lid, pupillary constriction, and lens accommodation.
The vestibulocochlear (VII) cranial nerve is responsible for hearing and equilibrium.
The facial nerve is responsible for salivation, tearing, taste, and sensation in the ear.
Upper motor neuron lesions do not cause muscle atrophy but do cause loss of voluntary control.
Lower motor neuron lesions cause decreased muscle tone.
Lower motor neuron lesions cause flaccid paralysis.
Lower motor neuron lesions cause absent or decreased reflexes.
Lower motor neuron lesions cause flaccid muscle paralysis, muscle atrophy, decreased muscle tone, and loss of voluntary control.
Upper motor neuron lesions cause increased muscle tone.
Upper motor neuron lesions cause no muscle atrophy.
Upper motor neuron lesions cause hyperactive and abnormal reflexes.
About 25% of patients over the age of 70 admitted to the hospital have delirium. The cause is often reversible and treatable (as in drug toxicity, vitamin B12 deficiency or thyroid disease) or chronic and irreversible. Depression may produce impairment of attention and memory.
About 25% of patients over the age of 70 admitted to the hospital have delirium.
About 25% of patients over the age of 70 admitted to the hospital have delirium.
About 25% of patients over the age of 70 admitted to the hospital have delirium.
Structural and motor changes related to aging that may be assessed in geriatric patients include decreased or absent deep tendon reflexes.
Pupillary responses are reduced or may not appear at all in the presence of cataracts
There is an overall slowing of autonomic nervous system responses
Strength and agility are diminished and reaction and movement times are decreased.
For patient safety the nurse must make sure no patient care equipment (e.g., portable oxygen tanks) that contains metal or metal parts enters the room where the MRI is located. The magnetic field generated by the unit is so strong that any metal-containing items will be strongly attracted and can literally be pulled away with such great force that they can fly like projectiles towards the magnet.
For patient safety the nurse must make sure no patient care equipment (e.g., portable oxygen tanks) that contains metal or metal parts enters the room where the MRI is located.
For patient safety the nurse must make sure no patient care equipment (e.g., portable oxygen tanks) that contains metal or metal parts enters the room where the MRI is located.
For patient safety the nurse must make sure no patient care equipment (e.g., portable oxygen tanks) that contains metal or metal parts enters the room where the MRI is located.
Electromyogram is a method of recording, in graphic form, the electrical activity of the muscle.
Electroencephalogram is a method of recording, in graphic form, the electrical activity of the brain.
Electrocardiography is performed to assess the electrical activity of the heart.
Electrogastrography is an electrophysiologic study performed to assess gastric motility disturbances.
Dilated pupils are a sympathetic effect of the nervous system. Constricted pupils are a parasympathetic effect.
Decreased blood pressure is a parasympathetic effect. Increased blood pressure is a sympathetic effect.
Increased peristalsis is a parasympathetic effect. Decreased peristalsis is a sympathetic effect.
Lesions in the temporal lobe (lateral and superior portions) may result in auditory agnosia.
Lesions in the occipital lobe may result in visual agnosia.
Lesions in the parietal lobe may result in tactile agnosia.
Lesions in the parietal lobe (posteroinferior regions) may result in relationship and body part agnosia.
Decerebrate posturing is the result of lesions at the midbrain and is more ominous than decorticate posturing.
The described posturing results from cerebral trauma and is not normal.
The patient has no motor function, is limp, and lacks motor tone with flaccid posturing.
In decorticate posturing, the patient has flexion and internal rotation of the arms and wrists and extension, internal rotation, and plantar flexion of the feet.
The hypothesis states that because of the limited space for expansion within the skull, an increase in any one of the cranial contents (brain tissue, blood, or cerebrospinal fluid) causes a change in the volume of the others.
Akinetic mutism is the phrase used to refer to unresponsiveness to the environment.
Cushing’s response is the phrase used to refer to the brain’s attempt to restore blood flow by increasing arterial pressure to overcome the increased intracranial pressure.
Persistent vegetative state is the phrase used to describe a condition in which the patient is wakeful but devoid of conscious content, without cognitive or affective mental function.
An obtunded patient stays awake only with persistent stimulation.
A confused patient has difficulty following commands, and may be agitated or irritable.
A patient who sleeps often and shows slowed speech and thought processes is described as lethargic.
A comatose patient does not respond to environmental stimuli.
Osmotic diuretics draw water across intact membranes, thereby reducing the volume of brain and extracellular fluid.
Antipyretics and a cooling blanket are used to control fever in the patient with IICP.
Chloropromazine (Thorazine) may be prescribed to control shivering in the patient with IICP.
Medications such as barbiturates are given to the patient with IICP to reduce cellular metabolic demands.
Use of a cervical collar promotes venous drainage and prevents jugular vein distortion that will increase ICP.
Slight elevation of the head is maintained to aid in venous drainage unless otherwise prescribed.
Extreme rotation of the neck is avoided because compression or distortion of the jugular veins increases ICP.
Extreme hip flexion is avoided because this position causes an increase in intra-abdominal pressure and intrathoracic pressure, which can produce a rise in ICP.
Cocaine is a potent vasoconstrictor and may result in a life-threatening reaction, even with the individual’s first unprescribed use of the drug.
Arteriovenous malformations are associated with hemorrhagic strokes.
Trauma is associated with hemorrhagic strokes.
Intracerebral aneurysm rupture is associated with hemorrhagic strokes.
Global aphasia is a combination of expressive and receptive aphasia and presents tremendous challenge to the nurse to effectively communicate with the patient.
In receptive aphasia, the patient is unable to form words that are understandable.
In expressive aphasia, the patient is unable to form words that are understandable.
The patient who is unable to speak at all is referred to as mute.
Verbal apraxia refers to difficulty in forming and organizing intelligible words although the musculature is intact.
Agnosia is failure to recognize familiar objects perceived by the senses.
Agraphia refers to disturbances in writing intelligible words.
Perseveration is the continued and automatic repetition of an activity or word or phrase that is no longer appropriate.
Auditory agnosia is failure to recognize significance of sounds.
Agraphia refers to disturbances in writing intelligible words.
Apraxia refers to inability to perform previously learned purposeful motor acts on a voluntary basis.
Alexia or dyslexia may occur in the absence of aphasia.
Agnosia is failure to recognize familiar objects perceived by the senses.
Agraphia refers to disturbances in writing intelligible words.
Perseveration is the continued and automatic repetition of an activity, word, or phrase that is no longer appropriate.
Anomia is also termed dysnomia.
Acalculia refers to difficulty in dealing with mathematical processes or numerical symbols in general.
Dysarthria refers to defects of articulation due to neurologic causes.
Paraphasia refers to using wrong words, word substitutions, and faults in word usage in both oral and written language.
With a reversible ischemic neurologic deficit, the patient has more pronounced signs and symptoms that last more than 24 hours; symptoms resolve in a matter of days without any permanent neurologic deficit.
With a TIA, the patient has a temporary episode of neurologic dysfunction that may last a few seconds or minutes but not longer than 24 hours.
With a stroke in evolution the patient experiences a worsening of neurological signs and symptoms over several minutes or hours; it is a progressing stroke.
With a completed stroke, the patient’s neurological signs and symptoms have stabilized with no indication of further progression of the hypoxic insult to the brain.
Modifiable risk factors for TIAs and ischemic stroke include hypertension, Type 1 diabetes, cardiac disease, history of smoking, and chronic alcoholism.
Hypertension, Type 1 diabetes, and cardiac disease are modifiable risk factors for TIAs and ischemic stroke.
Chronic alcoholism is a modifiable risk factor for TIAs and ischemic stroke.
Advanced age, gender, and race are non-modifiable risk factors for stroke.
Garlic and warfarin taken together can greatly increase the INR, increasing the risk of bleeding.
Garlic and warfarin taken together can greatly increase the INR, increasing the risk of bleeding.
Garlic and warfarin taken together can greatly increase the INR, increasing the risk of bleeding.
Garlic and warfarin taken together can greatly increase the INR, increasing the risk of bleeding.
Projectile vomiting may occur with increased pressure on the reflex center in the medulla.
As ICP increases, the pulse rate decreases.
As ICP increases, the blood pressure increases.
As ICP increases, the pulse pressure (the difference between the systolic and the diastolic pressure) widens.
A subdural hematoma is bleeding between the dura mater and arachnoid membrane.
Intracerebral hemorrhage is bleeding in the brain or the cerebral tissue with displacement of surrounding structures.
An epidural hematoma is bleeding between the inner skull and the dura, compressing the brain underneath.
An extradural hematoma is another name for an epidural hematoma.
Nursing management of the patient with expressive aphasia includes encouraging the patient to repeat sounds of the alphabet.
Nursing management of the patient with global aphasia includes speaking clearly and in simple sentences and using gestures or pictures when able.
Nursing management of the patient with receptive aphasia includes speaking slowing and clearly to assist the patient in forming the sounds.
Nursing management of the patient with cognitive deficits, such as memory loss, includes frequently reorienting the patient to time, place, and situation.
Health promotion efforts to decrease the risk for ischemic stroke involve encouraging a healthy lifestyle including a low fat, low cholesterol diet, and increasing exercise.
Recent evidence suggests that eating fish two or more times per week reduces the risk of thrombotic stroke for women
Health promotion efforts to decrease the risk for ischemic stroke involve encouraging a healthy lifestyle including a low fat, low cholesterol diet, and increasing exercise.
Health promotion efforts to decrease the risk for ischemic stroke involve encouraging a healthy lifestyle including a low fat, low cholesterol diet, and increasing exercise.
Vomiting is a sign of increasing intracranial pressure and should be reported immediately.
In general, the finding of headache in the patient with a concussion is an expected abnormal observation. However, severe headache should be reported or treated immediately.
Weakness of one side of the body should be reported or treated immediately.
Battle‘s sign may indicate skull fracture.
A bloodstain surrounded by a yellowish stain on the head dressing is referred to as a halo sign and is highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid leak.
Escape of CSF from the patient’s ear is termed otorrhea.
Escape of CSF from the patient’s nose is termed rhinorrhea.
Additional signs of increasing ICP include increasing systolic blood pressure, bradycardia, rapid respirations, and rapid rise in body temperature.
Bradycardia, slowing of the pulse, is an indication of increasing ICP in the head-injured patient.
Rapid respiration is an indication of increasing ICP in the head-injured patient.
A rapid rise in body temperature is regarded as unfavorable because hyperthermia may indicate brain stem damage, a poor prognostic sign.
The goal is to keep blood gas values within normal range to ensure adequate cerebral circulation.
In general, the head of the bed is elevated about 30 degrees to decrease intracranial venous pressure.
Coughing should not be encouraged because it increases intracranial pressure.
Restraints should be avoided because straining against them can increase intracranial pressure. Use of padded side rails and application of mitts are the appropriate interventions in the agitated head-injured patient.
An object on the skin or skin pressure may precipitate an autonomic hyperreflexic episode.
In general, constipation or fecal impaction triggers autonomic hyperreflexia.
When the patient is observed to be demonstrating signs of autonomic hyperreflexia, he is placed in a sitting position immediately to lower blood pressure.
The most common cause of autonomic hyperreflexia is a distended bladder.
Risk factors that increase the likelihood of post-traumatic seizures following a head injury include brain contusion with subdural hematoma, skull fracture, loss of consciousness or amnesia of 1 day or more, and age over 65 years.
Loss of consciousness or amnesia of 1 day or more is a risk factor that increases the likelihood of post-traumatic seizures following a head injury
The GCS assesses level of consciousness; a score of 10 or less indicates the need for emergency attention. It is not a risk factor for post-traumatic seizures.
Brain contusion with subdural hematoma is a risk factor that increases the likelihood of post-traumatic seizures following a head injury
Posttraumatic seizures are classified as immediate (occurring within 24 hours of injury), early, (occurring within 1-7 days of injury) or late, occurring more than 7 days following injury.
Posttraumatic seizures are classified as immediate (occurring within 24 hours of injury), early, (occurring within 1-7 days of injury) or late, occurring more than 7 days following injury.
Posttraumatic seizures occurring within 24 hours of injury are classified as immediate seizures.
Posttraumatic seizures occurring more than 7 days following surgery are classified as late seizures.
The halo sign – a blood stain surrounded by a yellowish stain is highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.
The halo sign is highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.
The halo sign is highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.
The halo sign is highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak.
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool for assessing a patient’s response to stimuli. A score of 7 or less is generally interpreted as coma.
A GCS score of 10 or less indicates a need for emergency attention.
A GCS score of 3 is interpreted as least responsive.
A GCS score of 15 is interpreted as most responsive.
Spasticity is often associated with weakness, increased deep tendon reflexes, and diminished superficial reflexes.
Akathesia refers to a restless, urgent need to move around and agitation.
Ataxia refers to impaired ability to coordinate movement.
Myoclonus refers to spasm of a single muscle or group of muscles.
Homonymous hemianopsia occurs with occipital lobe tumors.
Scotoma refers to a defect in vision in a specific area in one or both eyes.
Diplopia refers to double vision or the awareness of two images of the same object occurring in one or both eyes.
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