NSG 3250- ADULT HEALTH EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ALREADY PASSED)

NSG 3250- ADULT HEALTH EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ALREADY PASSED) left side brain functions - Answers the left side of your brain controls the right side as in the right hand, number skills, scientific functions, written language, and reasoning. M ATH A AWARE L ANGUAGE L OGIC right side brain functions - Answers the right side of your brain handles the left hand, music, special orientation, artisitic, creativity and insight. F ACIAL RECGONITION U NAWARE S PATIAAL TISUES: DEAF E MOTIONAL LIABILITY: BIPOLAR, EMOTIONAL Headache - Answers this is called cephalgia, primary headaches are migraines, tension headaches, ad cluster headaches. primary headache : migraines - Answers has no known organic cause and is just a normal migraine tension headache or cluster headache. migraines can happen when serotonin levels drop. secondary headache - Answers brain tumor or aneurysm. 4 lobes of the brain - Answers frontal: motor, parrietal: sensory tissue occipital: hearing temporal: eye vision Occipatal Lobe - Answers vision frontal lobe function - Answers motor temporal lobe functions - Answers hearing left hemisphere of the brain controls the - Answers right side of the body: language, math, science, written, and reaosning crticial thinking. right hemisphere of the brain controls the - Answers left side of the body: left hand, music, arts, brain, creativity. assess the patients LOC - Answers age, date, president, where you are. basic assessments - Answers CT, CT Angiography, vs, MRI, MRA, carotid ultrasound: this is important becayse if theres a blockage this would cause cerebeal perfusion. , echo: function of the heart chambers. Lumbar puncture: looks at the CSF fluid. Normal CSF: clear. if its cloudly its infection. this is a bed side test. this would show f you have an infection in the brain. Side effect of lumbar puncture is headache. Deep tendon reflexes scale - Answers 0-4 *2 is normal* 4 is hyperactive 0 is no response Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) - Answers Raid neuro assessent to see how the patient is doing. verbal 5 motor 6 eyes 4 best= 15 a decrease in 2 points or more in the GCS you must REPORT TO MD. this means neurolgocially they are declining. basic assessment. Less then 8= intubate 8= induced coma 3= the lowest and worst. Cerebellum functions - Answers coordinates muscular movements, maintains posture and balance Primary headaches - Answers cephalgia: most common. primary is a migraine and a cluster headache. which is a migraine with and without aura, this is a chronic less severe and most common type of headache. secondary headache - Answers this is due to something else, so an example could be from lumbar puncture, hypertension, brain tumors, or brain aneurism. Assessment of headache - Answers PQRST. and look at if they are taking any hypertensive medications. headache eval - Answers diagnostic testing what medications can the pt take to relax a headache - Answers iburprofen, tyelenol. Migraines with aura - Answers Occurs immediately before migraine episode (visual changes, sensation). meds: triptaine. this drug class vasoconstricts, reduce inflammation, and reduces pain. this patient is so into his pain that they cant do anything and it affects their ADL'S. give them care and treatment. Migraines without aura - Answers "common migraine." It doesn't have the early symptoms, called an aura, that some people have before a migraine begins, like vision changes, dizziness, confusion, feeling prickling skin, and weakness. triggering factors for headache - Answers chocolate, caffeine, medications for headahce - Answers NSAID, beta blockers, triptians (imitrex) take the medications on the onset of the pain. TAKE AS SOON AS SYNMTOM OCCURS, this will cause flushing tingling sensation, and reduce stress. Nonpharmacologic Therapy for headaches - Answers journaling, nature, walk, staying away from electronics. follow up care for headaches - Answers this is managed by neurologist. and maintain a healthy lifestyle by staying hydrated 8 8ounces a day, be on a high protein diet. eat fruits and veggies. carbs less then 25%. EXERCISE 30 MIN 3-5 TIMES A WEEK. altered LOC - Answers when a patient is not oriented, does not follow commands, or needs persistent stimuli to achieve a state of alertness Altered LOC usually tells you if the pt is awake. - Answers change in LOC - Answers will be the first sign you see in elderly with infections. the first sign will be a change in LOC not fever. coma - Answers patient is unresponsive, unarousable. care of the pt with altered LOC - Answers what are there motor responses, look at their resp status: are they rising and following, you want to see the patient breathing, look at the eye movement. if a patient says the vision changed that means there is something wrong. what to look at with pt with altered LOC - Answers look at the airway and breathing. an occulded airway can lead to a change in LOC. this will put them in risk for falls, and defecient volume and not being hydrated. if they have oral mucousa (ulcers) this will make it be dry, cracked and have infection. pt that does meth your whole mouth decay, and it will lead to infective eating. ineffective thermal regulation - Answers if you have injuries in the brain that effects the hypothalamus that will lead to this. look at low temp and high temp involuinatry incontience - Answers if you have lower s1 or lumbar problems the pt will have problems with bwoel and urine. Distrubed sensory perception - Answers a state in which the individual or group experiences or is at risk for a change in the amount, pattern, or interpretation of incoming stimuli.