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NUR 225 Exam 4 with precise detailed answers ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Screening vs Complete neuro exam - correct answer✔✔Screening Neuro Exam: well people ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




w/ no neuro complaints
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Complete Neuro Exam: those w/ neurologic concerns ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Cognitive exam: Appearance, behavior, cognition, thought processes - correct ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




answer✔✔Appearance, behavior (consistent & appropriate), cognition, thought processes ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Is patient alert? Lethargic? Comatose?
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Oriented x 4 (person, place, time, situation/purpose) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Cognitive abnormalities: Dementia - correct answer✔✔Loss of intellectual abilities ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




(planning, judgement), reasoning, math ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Memory: LTM (birthday) & STM (breakfast) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Cognitive abnormalities: Confusion vs aphasia (how to differentiate) - correct ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




answer✔✔Aphasia (expressive- cannot get the words out to communicate, receptive- can ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




hear you but cannot make sense of it)
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Difficult to differentiate ||//\\|| ||//\\||




If speaks in 1 word sentences or repeats same sentence over & over...consider aphasia
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(stroke, tumor in Broca's area) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||

,Test by having them read or repeat a sentence
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Cranial nerve exam: Know the order for testing - correct answer✔✔CN 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 8, 9,
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10, 12, 11
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CN I: what is it and how is it tested? - correct answer✔✔*olfactory nerve
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-not routinely tested
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CN II: what is it and how do we test it? - correct answer✔✔*optic nerve
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-Snellen, confrontation, opthalmoscopic exam for papilledema ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Bulging/swelling optic disc - correct answer✔✔-papilledema ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-brain is pushing down into brainstem/herniated- get this patient into surgery
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CN III, IV, VI: what are they and how do we test them? - correct answer✔✔*oculomotor,
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trochlear, abducens ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Palpebral folds (eyelids, any ptosis?- stroke/ Bell's palsy) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-PERRLA

-EOM 6 cardinal fields of gaze ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Nystagmus and roving eye movements: what do they mean? - correct answer✔✔-abnormal ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




movement of eye when having them following pen light/finger ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Horizontal: cerebellar, drugs, ETOH ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Vertical: drugs, Wernicke's, brain stem ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||

, -Ocular Bobbing: brain stem ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Roving Eye Movements ||//\\|| ||//\\||




(eyes just kind of looking all over when you lift
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eyelid)

--coma, sluggish brainstem ||//\\|| ||//\\||




CN V, VII, VIII: what are they and how do we test for them? - correct answer✔✔Trigeminal
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nerve (feel 5)
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-Motor: palpate temporal, TMJ, masseter ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Sensory

--Light sensation: forehead, cheeks, chin (do in random order w/ eyes closed)
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Facial nerve (see 7) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Nasolabial folds: asymmetry = stroke, Bell's Palsey ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Shut eyes & open against resistance ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Raise brows, smile, frown, puff out cheeks (should all be symmetric)
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Vestibulocochlear (whisper 8) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




-Whisper test (whisper something behind the and have them cover their opposite ear) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




CN IX and X: what are they and how to conduct basic (IX, X) and advanced exam (X) -
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correct answer✔✔Glossopharyngeal ||//\\||




Basic Exam: ||//\\||




-Speech ...hoarseness ||//\\||




-Say "ah" ...uvula should rise midline
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