NS EXAM ALL QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
Your patient has a blood glucose of 65 mg/dl. what neurological sign/sympom
may this person have? - ANSWER Confusion
What may happen to your brain if blood glucose is under 20 mg/dl? -
ANSWER Brain damage
How do you calculate CPP? - ANSWER MAP- ICP
What is the normal range for CPP? - ANSWER 60-100 mmHg, but keep at
least 70 mmHg in brain pathology
What are the layers of the meninges? - ANSWER dura mater, arachnoid, pia
mater
You have an intubated patient withdrawals and opens his eyes to pain. What
GCS is he? - ANSWER 2/4/1= 7
What is the scoring for the eye responds on GCS? - ANSWER 4= spontaneous
3= verbal command
2= pain
1= no eye response
What is the scoring for the motor responds on GCS? - ANSWER 6= obeys
5= localize pain
4- flexion-withdrawal
3- flexion- abnormal (decorticate rigidity)
2= extension(decerebrate rigidity)
1= no response
, What is the scoring for the verbal responds on GCS? - ANSWER 5= oriented
and converses
4= disoriented and converses
3= inappropriate words
2= incomprehensible sounds
1= no response
You are using the FOUR tool throughout your shift and you notice that your
patient goes from a 14 to a 10. What does this mean? - ANSWER Decrease
responsiveness and poorer outcome(the patient has undergone neurological
changes within the shift)
How do you check for the corneal reflex?
delete - ANSWER Corneal reflex is blinking. Check for it
what is the difference btw expressive and receptive dysphasia? - ANSWER
Expressive: unable to communicate(speech production or output)
Receptive: Unable to understand lanuage
You patient with a hemorrhagic stroke has sudden irregular breathing. What
does this mean> - ANSWER Changes in respiratory patterns may indicate
neurological deterioration
What is herniation and what does it led to? - ANSWER Herniation is the
shifting of brain tissues from higher to lower pressure when there is increase
ICP. This leads to pressure on the vital centers(HR, RR, and BP)
what is the difference btw a cytotoxic brain and a vasogenic brain? - ANSWER
Cytotoxic: when there is intracellular swelling due ot hypoxia and/or osmolality
Vaso: There is increase permeability of the BBB that lead to increase of fluids
into the brain
How does loss of autoregulation lead to increased ICP? - ANSWER
Autoregulation provides the constant blood volume and cerebral perfusion
pressure over a range of MAP. During a head injury, the loss of the
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
Your patient has a blood glucose of 65 mg/dl. what neurological sign/sympom
may this person have? - ANSWER Confusion
What may happen to your brain if blood glucose is under 20 mg/dl? -
ANSWER Brain damage
How do you calculate CPP? - ANSWER MAP- ICP
What is the normal range for CPP? - ANSWER 60-100 mmHg, but keep at
least 70 mmHg in brain pathology
What are the layers of the meninges? - ANSWER dura mater, arachnoid, pia
mater
You have an intubated patient withdrawals and opens his eyes to pain. What
GCS is he? - ANSWER 2/4/1= 7
What is the scoring for the eye responds on GCS? - ANSWER 4= spontaneous
3= verbal command
2= pain
1= no eye response
What is the scoring for the motor responds on GCS? - ANSWER 6= obeys
5= localize pain
4- flexion-withdrawal
3- flexion- abnormal (decorticate rigidity)
2= extension(decerebrate rigidity)
1= no response
, What is the scoring for the verbal responds on GCS? - ANSWER 5= oriented
and converses
4= disoriented and converses
3= inappropriate words
2= incomprehensible sounds
1= no response
You are using the FOUR tool throughout your shift and you notice that your
patient goes from a 14 to a 10. What does this mean? - ANSWER Decrease
responsiveness and poorer outcome(the patient has undergone neurological
changes within the shift)
How do you check for the corneal reflex?
delete - ANSWER Corneal reflex is blinking. Check for it
what is the difference btw expressive and receptive dysphasia? - ANSWER
Expressive: unable to communicate(speech production or output)
Receptive: Unable to understand lanuage
You patient with a hemorrhagic stroke has sudden irregular breathing. What
does this mean> - ANSWER Changes in respiratory patterns may indicate
neurological deterioration
What is herniation and what does it led to? - ANSWER Herniation is the
shifting of brain tissues from higher to lower pressure when there is increase
ICP. This leads to pressure on the vital centers(HR, RR, and BP)
what is the difference btw a cytotoxic brain and a vasogenic brain? - ANSWER
Cytotoxic: when there is intracellular swelling due ot hypoxia and/or osmolality
Vaso: There is increase permeability of the BBB that lead to increase of fluids
into the brain
How does loss of autoregulation lead to increased ICP? - ANSWER
Autoregulation provides the constant blood volume and cerebral perfusion
pressure over a range of MAP. During a head injury, the loss of the
