ENA Head Trauma Nursing Guide: Assessment, Management & Emergency Nursing Interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury

ENA Head Trauma Nursing Guide: Assessment, Management & Emergency Nursing
Interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury



a - ✔✔Which lobe controls abstract thought?



A. Frontal

B. Parietal

C. Occipital

D. Temporal



c - ✔✔In which location is cerebrospinal fluid manufactured?



A. Arachnoid

B. Bridging veins

C. Choroid plexus

D. Diencephalon



a - ✔✔Which part of the brain regulates behaviors, such as rage?



A. Diencephalon

B. Midbrain

C. Brainstem

D. Reticular activating system



c - ✔✔Which cranial nerve is responsible for the gag reflex?

, A. Cranial nerve V (trigeminal nerve)

B. Cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)

C. Cranial nerve X (vagus nerve)

D. Cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal nerve)



a - ✔✔Which drug decreases cerebral metabolism and oxygen consumption in a patient with a
head injury?



A. Propofol (Diprivan)

B. Ketamine (Ketalar)

C. Mannitol (Osmitrol)

D. Norepinephrine (Levophed)



a - ✔✔In a patient who sustained isolated head trauma, which finding is of the greatest
concern?



A. A subtle change in mental status

B. A hypertensive blood pressure reading

C. Tachycardia on the cardiac monitor

D. No memory of the event



a - ✔✔In a patient who is unconscious after sustaining a head injury, which cranial nerve
should you test first?



A. Cranial nerve IV (trochlear nerve)

B. Cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)

C. Cranial nerve I (olfactory nerve)