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3250 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
// // // // // //
left //hemisphere //functions
-right //hand
-spoken //language
-number //skills
-scientific //functions
-written //language
-reasoning
Right //hemisphere //functions
-left //hand
-music
-spacial //orientation
-artistic //function
-insight
-creativity
The //cerebrum //makes //up //the: //_____, //______, //________, //and //______ //lobes
Frontal, //parietal, //temporal, //occipital
,The //brain //stem //makes //up //the: //_____, //_____, //and //the //_____
Midbrain, //pons, //and //medulla
If //there //is //a //drop //of //2 //points //or //more //in //the //GCS, //this //indicates //a
significant //clinical //change //and //the //MD //should //be //notified
Headaches //(cephalgia) //s/s //include
significant //discomfort //that //can //interfere //with //lifestyle
Headaches //are //caused //by //__________ //in //cranium
blood //vessel //dilation
Secondary //headaches //may //indicate
tumors //or //aneurysm
Persistent //headaches //may //require //_________
intervention
What //kind //of //medications //would //treat //headaches?
Triptans: //***(IMPORTANT)***** //(Imitrex)
,-vasoconstrictor
-reduce //inflammation
-reduce //pain
-first //line //treatment
*Prophylactic //meds //prevent //headaches*
Non-pharmacologic //interventions //for //headache //treatments //include:
Dark //room
local //heat
massage
avoid //foods //with //taramines
Ischemic //strokes //are //caused //by //________
sudden //occlusion //of //cerebral //artery //due //to //thrombus //or //embolus //
due //to //arthersclerosis //(THROMBOSIS)
due //to //cardiac //dysrhythmias //(EMBOLISM)
Some //manifestations //of //ischemic //stroke //include:
Numbness //or //weakness //of //face, //arm, //or //legs
, aphasia
vision //loss
mental //status //change
change //in //communication
Interventions //for //ischemic //strokes:
Body //positioning //to //prevent //contractures //and //compressive //neuropathies
ROM //4-5 //times //a //day //to //prevent //DVTs, //or //VTEs,
Hemorrhagic //strokes //are //caused //by
Bleeding //in //the //brain //secondary //to //chronic //HTN //or //an //aneurysm
Some //manifestations //of //hemorrhagic //strokes //include
having //the //"worst //headache //of //my //life"
alteration //of //LOC
seizures
sudden //onset //of //agitation //(priority)
changes //in //pupils
Being //unarousable, //unconsciousness, //and //unresponsiveness //are //indicators //of
Coma
3250 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
// // // // // //
left //hemisphere //functions
-right //hand
-spoken //language
-number //skills
-scientific //functions
-written //language
-reasoning
Right //hemisphere //functions
-left //hand
-music
-spacial //orientation
-artistic //function
-insight
-creativity
The //cerebrum //makes //up //the: //_____, //______, //________, //and //______ //lobes
Frontal, //parietal, //temporal, //occipital
,The //brain //stem //makes //up //the: //_____, //_____, //and //the //_____
Midbrain, //pons, //and //medulla
If //there //is //a //drop //of //2 //points //or //more //in //the //GCS, //this //indicates //a
significant //clinical //change //and //the //MD //should //be //notified
Headaches //(cephalgia) //s/s //include
significant //discomfort //that //can //interfere //with //lifestyle
Headaches //are //caused //by //__________ //in //cranium
blood //vessel //dilation
Secondary //headaches //may //indicate
tumors //or //aneurysm
Persistent //headaches //may //require //_________
intervention
What //kind //of //medications //would //treat //headaches?
Triptans: //***(IMPORTANT)***** //(Imitrex)
,-vasoconstrictor
-reduce //inflammation
-reduce //pain
-first //line //treatment
*Prophylactic //meds //prevent //headaches*
Non-pharmacologic //interventions //for //headache //treatments //include:
Dark //room
local //heat
massage
avoid //foods //with //taramines
Ischemic //strokes //are //caused //by //________
sudden //occlusion //of //cerebral //artery //due //to //thrombus //or //embolus //
due //to //arthersclerosis //(THROMBOSIS)
due //to //cardiac //dysrhythmias //(EMBOLISM)
Some //manifestations //of //ischemic //stroke //include:
Numbness //or //weakness //of //face, //arm, //or //legs
, aphasia
vision //loss
mental //status //change
change //in //communication
Interventions //for //ischemic //strokes:
Body //positioning //to //prevent //contractures //and //compressive //neuropathies
ROM //4-5 //times //a //day //to //prevent //DVTs, //or //VTEs,
Hemorrhagic //strokes //are //caused //by
Bleeding //in //the //brain //secondary //to //chronic //HTN //or //an //aneurysm
Some //manifestations //of //hemorrhagic //strokes //include
having //the //"worst //headache //of //my //life"
alteration //of //LOC
seizures
sudden //onset //of //agitation //(priority)
changes //in //pupils
Being //unarousable, //unconsciousness, //and //unresponsiveness //are //indicators //of
Coma
