NFDN 2003 Unit 9 Neurosensory Questions and Answers

NFDN 2003 Unit 9 Neurosensory Questions and Answers Neurovital signs - Correct Answer ️️ -GCS, hand grips, feet, pupils Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) - Correct Answer ️️ -Brief 30-point questionnaire test that is used to screen for cognitive impairment; commonly used to screen for dementia. Non-depressed skull fractures - Correct Answer ️️ -usually managed medically depressed skull fracture - Correct Answer ️️ -a fracture of the skull with one of the skull bones depressed/torn loose & pushed below normal surface; symptoms depend on area, epilepsy common, bleeding; signs such as drainage, nuchal rigidity, seizures, etc.; reduce intercranial pressure by surgery halo sign - Correct Answer ️️ -blood stain surrounded by a yellowish stain; highly suggestive of a cerebrospinal fluid leak concussion - Correct Answer ️️ -injury to the brain caused by a blow Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) - Correct Answer ️️ -Widespread disruption of axons due to acceleration or deceleration injury. Small, petechial hemorrhages at gray-white junction of cerebral hemispheres and or corpus callosum. subdural hematoma - Correct Answer ️️ -collection of blood under the dura mater; usually venous bleeding