Neurological Assessment PPT BG
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1. Nursing is an art Multiple right ways to perform assessment
-assessments sometimes change to meet needs of patient
-good assessment skills=nurses most useful tool
-knowing what assessment to perform
-assessments/documentation is the medium of the nurse
2. Central Nervous
System (CNS)
3. central nervous Brain and spinal cord
system
4. Peripheral ner- Nerve fibers outside of the brain
vous system 12 cranial + 31 spinal nerves + autonomic nervous system
5. Autonomic ner- PNS carries sensory/afferent messages to the CNS from sensory receptors, the
vous system motor/efferent messages from the CNS to the muscles and glands, and auto-
nomic messages that govern the internal organs and blood vessels
6. Cerebral cor- highest functioning- thought, memory, reasoning, voluntary movement
tex/grey matter
7. Frontal lobe personality, behavior, emotions, and intellectual function
8. Precentral gyrus motor strip
voluntary muscle movement
9. Postcentral gyrus primary center for sensation
10. Parietal sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing,
sight, touch, and smell
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-home to the brain's primary somatic sensory cortex, a region where the brain
interprets input from other areas of the body
11. Occipital vision interpretation
12. temporal hearing, taste, smell, speech
13. Cerebellum balance and coordination
14. hypothalamus major respiratory center and vital functions
15. thalamus relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex
-relay station
-sensory and interpretation (except smell)
16. Broca's area Motor speech area/complex speech
-interacting with the flow of sensory information from the temporal cortex, which
controls the movement of the mouth
17. Broca's area loca- in the left hemisphere
tion -associated with speech production and articulation. Our ability to articulate
ideas, as well as use words accurately in spoken and written language, has been
attributed to this crucial area
-significantly affect the use of spontaneous speech and motor speech control
18. Wernicke's area critical language area in the posterior superior temporal lobe connects to broca's
area via a neural pathway
-primarily involved in the comprehension
-has been associated with language processing, whether it is written or spoken
-speech comprehension
19. Aphasia an acquired loss of language that causes problems with any or all the following:
speaking, listening, reading, and writing
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20. Expressive apha- trouble using words and sentences
sia
21. Receptive apha- trouble understanding others
sia
22. Upper motor complex of all the descending motor fibers that can influence or modify the lower
neurons motor neurons
-located in CNS
-convey impulses from motor areas of the cerebral cortex to the LMN in the
anterior horn cells of the spinal cord
-Stroke, cerebral palsy, MS
(corticospinal, corticobulbar, extrapyramidal tracts)
23. Lower motor Located mostly in the PNS
neurons -cell body of the LMN is located in the anterior grey column of the spinal cord but
nerve extends to the muscle
-final common pathway: funneling many neural signals and provided the final
direct contact with the muscle
-ANY movement must be translated into action by the LMN
-bells palsy, spinal cord lesion, poliomyelitis
(cranial nerves & spinal nerves of the PNS)
24. Central and pe-
ripheral nervous
systems
25. Central nervous -Cranial nerves
assessment -mental status: cerebral function= most important indicator of change in the
neurologic function
-motor system
Actualstudy 3
Neurological Assessment PPT BG.pdf answer keys
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_cbobaj
1. Nursing is an art Multiple right ways to perform assessment
-assessments sometimes change to meet needs of patient
-good assessment skills=nurses most useful tool
-knowing what assessment to perform
-assessments/documentation is the medium of the nurse
2. Central Nervous
System (CNS)
3. central nervous Brain and spinal cord
system
4. Peripheral ner- Nerve fibers outside of the brain
vous system 12 cranial + 31 spinal nerves + autonomic nervous system
5. Autonomic ner- PNS carries sensory/afferent messages to the CNS from sensory receptors, the
vous system motor/efferent messages from the CNS to the muscles and glands, and auto-
nomic messages that govern the internal organs and blood vessels
6. Cerebral cor- highest functioning- thought, memory, reasoning, voluntary movement
tex/grey matter
7. Frontal lobe personality, behavior, emotions, and intellectual function
8. Precentral gyrus motor strip
voluntary muscle movement
9. Postcentral gyrus primary center for sensation
10. Parietal sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing,
sight, touch, and smell
Actualstudy 1
, Neurological Assessment PPT BG
Neurological Assessment PPT BG.pdf answer keys
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_cbobaj
-home to the brain's primary somatic sensory cortex, a region where the brain
interprets input from other areas of the body
11. Occipital vision interpretation
12. temporal hearing, taste, smell, speech
13. Cerebellum balance and coordination
14. hypothalamus major respiratory center and vital functions
15. thalamus relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex
-relay station
-sensory and interpretation (except smell)
16. Broca's area Motor speech area/complex speech
-interacting with the flow of sensory information from the temporal cortex, which
controls the movement of the mouth
17. Broca's area loca- in the left hemisphere
tion -associated with speech production and articulation. Our ability to articulate
ideas, as well as use words accurately in spoken and written language, has been
attributed to this crucial area
-significantly affect the use of spontaneous speech and motor speech control
18. Wernicke's area critical language area in the posterior superior temporal lobe connects to broca's
area via a neural pathway
-primarily involved in the comprehension
-has been associated with language processing, whether it is written or spoken
-speech comprehension
19. Aphasia an acquired loss of language that causes problems with any or all the following:
speaking, listening, reading, and writing
Actualstudy 2
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Neurological Assessment PPT BG.pdf answer keys
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20. Expressive apha- trouble using words and sentences
sia
21. Receptive apha- trouble understanding others
sia
22. Upper motor complex of all the descending motor fibers that can influence or modify the lower
neurons motor neurons
-located in CNS
-convey impulses from motor areas of the cerebral cortex to the LMN in the
anterior horn cells of the spinal cord
-Stroke, cerebral palsy, MS
(corticospinal, corticobulbar, extrapyramidal tracts)
23. Lower motor Located mostly in the PNS
neurons -cell body of the LMN is located in the anterior grey column of the spinal cord but
nerve extends to the muscle
-final common pathway: funneling many neural signals and provided the final
direct contact with the muscle
-ANY movement must be translated into action by the LMN
-bells palsy, spinal cord lesion, poliomyelitis
(cranial nerves & spinal nerves of the PNS)
24. Central and pe-
ripheral nervous
systems
25. Central nervous -Cranial nerves
assessment -mental status: cerebral function= most important indicator of change in the
neurologic function
-motor system
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