NUR 1121: Exam 2 Questions and Answers
infection/inflammation of the meningitis
brain and spinal cord
meningitis causes increased ICP, cranial nerve
____________ and has possible
____________ _____________ involvement
if headaches are________ , recurrent, persistent, severity
_______________, or increasing in
_______________, the pt should
undergo a neurological
evaluation
which type of headache is tension
characterized by: neck and
shoulder muscle tenderness and
pain at the base of the skull and
forehead bilaterally?
persistent__________ of the contraction, tension
scalp and facial, cervical, and
upper thoracic muscles can
cause__________ headaches
Current research suggests that a migraine
trigger stimulates a release of
chemicals that cause an
inflammatory response and
overstimulation of the trigeminal
nerve, resulting in pain, causing
an individual to experience a
_______________
, unilateral throbbing pain in the migraine
head, which is often worse
behind one eye or ear
migraines have been shown to hereditary
be __________________
several medications can be used 30, 60
to treat migraines, but must be
taken within ________ to _________
minutes of headache onset in
order to be effective
cluster headaches are more young adult men
prevalent in what population?
pts who experience cluster suddenly, unilateral
headaches often say that it
occurs___________ , and
typically at the same time of
night. The pain is described as
throbbing and excruciating and
the headache tends to be
________________ affecting the nose,
eye, and forehead
a _______________, ____________ bloodshot, teary
appearance of the affected eye
is common in pts with cluster
headaches
_____________ and ____________ NSAIDs, tricyclic
antidepressants are two
medications that can be used to
treat cluster headaches
foods that are known to cause alcohol, cheese, caffeine, chocolate, fermented, sweeteners
headaches, especially migraines,
are:
- _________________
- aged _____________
- ________________
- ______________
- MSG
- _____________ foods
- artificial ________________
medications known to cause estrogens, nitroglycerin
headaches include _____________
and _________________
when applying nitroglycerin to a headache, vasodilation
pt, make sure to wear gloves
and not get any on your skin, as
it is absorbed and can induce a
_______________ d/t it's _________________
properties
infection/inflammation of the meningitis
brain and spinal cord
meningitis causes increased ICP, cranial nerve
____________ and has possible
____________ _____________ involvement
if headaches are________ , recurrent, persistent, severity
_______________, or increasing in
_______________, the pt should
undergo a neurological
evaluation
which type of headache is tension
characterized by: neck and
shoulder muscle tenderness and
pain at the base of the skull and
forehead bilaterally?
persistent__________ of the contraction, tension
scalp and facial, cervical, and
upper thoracic muscles can
cause__________ headaches
Current research suggests that a migraine
trigger stimulates a release of
chemicals that cause an
inflammatory response and
overstimulation of the trigeminal
nerve, resulting in pain, causing
an individual to experience a
_______________
, unilateral throbbing pain in the migraine
head, which is often worse
behind one eye or ear
migraines have been shown to hereditary
be __________________
several medications can be used 30, 60
to treat migraines, but must be
taken within ________ to _________
minutes of headache onset in
order to be effective
cluster headaches are more young adult men
prevalent in what population?
pts who experience cluster suddenly, unilateral
headaches often say that it
occurs___________ , and
typically at the same time of
night. The pain is described as
throbbing and excruciating and
the headache tends to be
________________ affecting the nose,
eye, and forehead
a _______________, ____________ bloodshot, teary
appearance of the affected eye
is common in pts with cluster
headaches
_____________ and ____________ NSAIDs, tricyclic
antidepressants are two
medications that can be used to
treat cluster headaches
foods that are known to cause alcohol, cheese, caffeine, chocolate, fermented, sweeteners
headaches, especially migraines,
are:
- _________________
- aged _____________
- ________________
- ______________
- MSG
- _____________ foods
- artificial ________________
medications known to cause estrogens, nitroglycerin
headaches include _____________
and _________________
when applying nitroglycerin to a headache, vasodilation
pt, make sure to wear gloves
and not get any on your skin, as
it is absorbed and can induce a
_______________ d/t it's _________________
properties
