PNH 301 – Test 1 Study Guide and Practice Questions
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - correct answer ✔✔ eyes, verbal, movement
NIHSS Stroke Scale - correct answer ✔✔ looks at LOC, orientation, speech, and motor function.
Stroke - correct answer ✔✔ An interruption of arterial blood flow to the brain resulting in tissue
damage.
Two Types of Strokes - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic and hemorrhagic
Signs of Stroke - correct answer ✔✔ Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Frontal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Movement, intellectual function, emotions, memory
Parietal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Sense of touch and visual perceptions
Temporal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Hearing and speech
Occipital Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Vision
Brain Stem - correct answer ✔✔ Vital functions
Cerebellum - correct answer ✔✔ Coordinated movements (steady gait)
, Left Side of Brain - correct answer ✔✔ controls movement on right side of body, ability to
speak, comprehend words.
Right Side of Brain - correct answer ✔✔ controls left side of body, spatial abilities.
Traumatic Head Injury - correct answer ✔✔ Result of a blow or jolt to the head.
Scalp Lacerations - correct answer ✔✔ Most minor type of head trauma, profuse bleeding.
Skull Fractures - correct answer ✔✔ Linear, depressed, comminuted, open
Closed head injury - correct answer ✔✔ concession, contusion, laceration, coup-contrecoup,
diffuse axonal injury
Loss of consciousness less than 5 minutes - correct answer ✔✔ mild brain injury
no loss of consciousness - correct answer ✔✔ mild brain injury
head ache, nausea, fatigue - correct answer ✔✔ mild head injury
Loss of consciousness up to 6 hours - correct answer ✔✔ moderate brain injury
GCS 9-12 - correct answer ✔✔ moderate brain injury
GCS 3-8 - correct answer ✔✔ severe brain injury
ongoing monitoring in ICU - correct answer ✔✔ severe brain injury
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - correct answer ✔✔ eyes, verbal, movement
NIHSS Stroke Scale - correct answer ✔✔ looks at LOC, orientation, speech, and motor function.
Stroke - correct answer ✔✔ An interruption of arterial blood flow to the brain resulting in tissue
damage.
Two Types of Strokes - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic and hemorrhagic
Signs of Stroke - correct answer ✔✔ Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Frontal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Movement, intellectual function, emotions, memory
Parietal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Sense of touch and visual perceptions
Temporal Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Hearing and speech
Occipital Lobe - correct answer ✔✔ Vision
Brain Stem - correct answer ✔✔ Vital functions
Cerebellum - correct answer ✔✔ Coordinated movements (steady gait)
, Left Side of Brain - correct answer ✔✔ controls movement on right side of body, ability to
speak, comprehend words.
Right Side of Brain - correct answer ✔✔ controls left side of body, spatial abilities.
Traumatic Head Injury - correct answer ✔✔ Result of a blow or jolt to the head.
Scalp Lacerations - correct answer ✔✔ Most minor type of head trauma, profuse bleeding.
Skull Fractures - correct answer ✔✔ Linear, depressed, comminuted, open
Closed head injury - correct answer ✔✔ concession, contusion, laceration, coup-contrecoup,
diffuse axonal injury
Loss of consciousness less than 5 minutes - correct answer ✔✔ mild brain injury
no loss of consciousness - correct answer ✔✔ mild brain injury
head ache, nausea, fatigue - correct answer ✔✔ mild head injury
Loss of consciousness up to 6 hours - correct answer ✔✔ moderate brain injury
GCS 9-12 - correct answer ✔✔ moderate brain injury
GCS 3-8 - correct answer ✔✔ severe brain injury
ongoing monitoring in ICU - correct answer ✔✔ severe brain injury
