NUR 631 EXAM 2 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ Seizure. Answer: Is a sudden involuntary, time limited alteration in
behavior, including a change in motor activity, autonomic function,
consciousness, or sensation, accompanied by an abnormal electrical
discharge in the brain.
◉ Partial. Answer: patients resemble someone who is intoxicated or
under the influence of some drug
◉ Simple partial. Answer: cerebral lesion, cause NO alteration in
memory, no longer than 1 minute, NO LOC. Twitching, abnormal
sensation, vision, smell, paresthesia, they have flashing lights, hear
things/hallucinations, starts in one muscle group extends into one side
of the body. Younger individuals (3-15 years of age)
◉ Complex partial. Answer: simple + impaired level of
consciousness, can progress to LOC, aura they feel then they can have
a staring appearance, lip smacking, picking at clothes. Can occur at
any age.
◉ Generalized. Answer: have a warning sign (i.e., cry, scream, fall)
, ◉ Absence. Answer: sudden arrest of motor activity followed by eye
lid fluttering or head nodding. Impaired LOC (not loss, in awake
state). Typically, between 3-15 years of age.
◉ Myoclonic. Answer: momentarily/impaired LOC, awake state.
Motor root involvement lasting a minute, brief jerking contractions of
limb or trunk, hard to control, progress to tonic clonic. 2-7 years of
age
◉ Tonic-clonic (generalized):. Answer: aura, repetitive muscle
movements (rigid jerky movements), LOC**, bowel & bladder
incontinence, post-ictal confusion. Onset varies (typically adult
onset), etiology: brain tumor, post head trauma or injury, or alcohol
withdrawal
◉ Tonic. Answer: LOC**, bowel & bladder incontinence, post-ictal
confusion. Onset varies (typically adult onset), etiology: brain tumor,
post head trauma or injury, or alcohol withdrawal
◉ Atonic. Answer: sudden loss of muscle tone (head drop, drop of
limb, drop to the floor), impaired form of consciousness lasts 1-2
seconds.
◉ What is the Difference between convulsion & epilepsy?. Answer:
Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic condition. Convulsions can be a
reaction to a single medical event or a part of a medical condition.
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ Seizure. Answer: Is a sudden involuntary, time limited alteration in
behavior, including a change in motor activity, autonomic function,
consciousness, or sensation, accompanied by an abnormal electrical
discharge in the brain.
◉ Partial. Answer: patients resemble someone who is intoxicated or
under the influence of some drug
◉ Simple partial. Answer: cerebral lesion, cause NO alteration in
memory, no longer than 1 minute, NO LOC. Twitching, abnormal
sensation, vision, smell, paresthesia, they have flashing lights, hear
things/hallucinations, starts in one muscle group extends into one side
of the body. Younger individuals (3-15 years of age)
◉ Complex partial. Answer: simple + impaired level of
consciousness, can progress to LOC, aura they feel then they can have
a staring appearance, lip smacking, picking at clothes. Can occur at
any age.
◉ Generalized. Answer: have a warning sign (i.e., cry, scream, fall)
, ◉ Absence. Answer: sudden arrest of motor activity followed by eye
lid fluttering or head nodding. Impaired LOC (not loss, in awake
state). Typically, between 3-15 years of age.
◉ Myoclonic. Answer: momentarily/impaired LOC, awake state.
Motor root involvement lasting a minute, brief jerking contractions of
limb or trunk, hard to control, progress to tonic clonic. 2-7 years of
age
◉ Tonic-clonic (generalized):. Answer: aura, repetitive muscle
movements (rigid jerky movements), LOC**, bowel & bladder
incontinence, post-ictal confusion. Onset varies (typically adult
onset), etiology: brain tumor, post head trauma or injury, or alcohol
withdrawal
◉ Tonic. Answer: LOC**, bowel & bladder incontinence, post-ictal
confusion. Onset varies (typically adult onset), etiology: brain tumor,
post head trauma or injury, or alcohol withdrawal
◉ Atonic. Answer: sudden loss of muscle tone (head drop, drop of
limb, drop to the floor), impaired form of consciousness lasts 1-2
seconds.
◉ What is the Difference between convulsion & epilepsy?. Answer:
Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic condition. Convulsions can be a
reaction to a single medical event or a part of a medical condition.
