NUR 504 EXAM #4
Meningitis - answer inflammation of the meninges
- high risk for increased ICP
Meninges - answer Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
meningitis diagnostics - answer- Lumbar Puncture - CSF analysis
- CT if increased ICP suspected
S/SX of meningitis - answer- nuchal rigidity
- photophobia
- fever
- headache, dizzy, confused, delerium
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - answer autoimmune disorder of the CNS where the myelin
sheaths are converted into hardened scleroses in the brain and spinal cord; results in
loss of control
frontal lobe - answerconcentration, problem solving, speech
parietal lobe - answersense of touch, pain, temperature
occipital lobe - answervision
temporal lobe - answermemory, understanding, language
Cerebellum - answerBalance and coordination
brainstem function - answerresponsible for automatic survival functions
- breathing, steady HR
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - answerBest eye response (4)
Best verbal response (5)
Best motor response (6)
ICP treatment - answer- Mannitol - osmotic diuretic
- 3% saline
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - answercondition of progressive deterioration of
motor nerve cells resulting in total loss of voluntary muscle control; symptoms advance
from muscle weakness in the arms and legs, to the muscles of speech, swallowing, and
breathing, to total paralysis and death; also known as Lou Gehrig disease
Meningitis - answer inflammation of the meninges
- high risk for increased ICP
Meninges - answer Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
meningitis diagnostics - answer- Lumbar Puncture - CSF analysis
- CT if increased ICP suspected
S/SX of meningitis - answer- nuchal rigidity
- photophobia
- fever
- headache, dizzy, confused, delerium
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - answer autoimmune disorder of the CNS where the myelin
sheaths are converted into hardened scleroses in the brain and spinal cord; results in
loss of control
frontal lobe - answerconcentration, problem solving, speech
parietal lobe - answersense of touch, pain, temperature
occipital lobe - answervision
temporal lobe - answermemory, understanding, language
Cerebellum - answerBalance and coordination
brainstem function - answerresponsible for automatic survival functions
- breathing, steady HR
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - answerBest eye response (4)
Best verbal response (5)
Best motor response (6)
ICP treatment - answer- Mannitol - osmotic diuretic
- 3% saline
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - answercondition of progressive deterioration of
motor nerve cells resulting in total loss of voluntary muscle control; symptoms advance
from muscle weakness in the arms and legs, to the muscles of speech, swallowing, and
breathing, to total paralysis and death; also known as Lou Gehrig disease
