NR 325-EXAM 2 LATEST UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Normal intracranial pressurev (ICP) - answer ✔✔-5-15 mm Hg, if it's greater than 20 it's elevated.
Normal Cerebral Perfusion pressure (CPP) - answer ✔✔-60-100 mm Hg
Decerebrate - answer ✔✔-"e"; arms and legs held straight out, toes pointed downward, head and neck
being arched backward, muscles tightened and held rigidly.
Decorticate - answer ✔✔-"c"; stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, legs held out straight, arms bent in
toward the body, wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest.
CM of increased intracranial pressure - answer ✔✔-Change in LOC, lethargy, headache, aphasia,
seizures, Cushing's triage, ocular signs, unilateral pupil dilation, projectile vomiting without nausea,
decerebrate posturing.
Cushing's triage - answer ✔✔-Increased BP, Decreased HR, Decreased respirations
Encephalitis - answer ✔✔-Acute inflammation of the brain and spinal coed; caused by a virus and can be
FATAL
CM: fever, headache, seizures, rigidity, altered LOC, agitation, lethargy, photosensitivity, N/V
Brain abscess - answer ✔✔-Pus in the brain tissue
, CM: headache, lethargy, drowsiness, confusion, depressed, infection
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) - answer ✔✔-Progressive degenerative neurological disease with muscle
weakness and there is no cure.
Respiratory insufficiency (airway is a priority), safety, diversional activities, death from pneumonia,
suction at bedside, upright to eat and 30 min. after, semisolid foods or NG tube feedings.
Bell's palsy - answer ✔✔-Acute peripheral facial paralysis central or peripheral in origin; inflammation of
the CN VII on one side of the face in absence of another disease; accompanied by herpes vesicles
in/around the ears.
CM: drooping of the mouth, inability to close eye, loss of extensive tearing due to lacrimal muscle
weakness.
Surgery may be needed
Meningitis - answer ✔✔-Inflammation of the brain covering.
Check the CSF, positive Kernig's and Brudzinski signs, put patient in a dark room, get a family member to
stay at the bedside since the patient is confused, bedrest.
Hepatitis A - answer ✔✔-Vaccine, will resolve itself, incidence decreased with vaccine, fecal oral route
through contaminated food or drinking water.
Hepatitis B - answer ✔✔-Vaccine, transmitted through mucosal exposure to infectious blood, blood
products, body fluids.
Perinatally through mother to baby and other at risk are patient undergoing dialysis and heath
care/public safety workers.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Normal intracranial pressurev (ICP) - answer ✔✔-5-15 mm Hg, if it's greater than 20 it's elevated.
Normal Cerebral Perfusion pressure (CPP) - answer ✔✔-60-100 mm Hg
Decerebrate - answer ✔✔-"e"; arms and legs held straight out, toes pointed downward, head and neck
being arched backward, muscles tightened and held rigidly.
Decorticate - answer ✔✔-"c"; stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, legs held out straight, arms bent in
toward the body, wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest.
CM of increased intracranial pressure - answer ✔✔-Change in LOC, lethargy, headache, aphasia,
seizures, Cushing's triage, ocular signs, unilateral pupil dilation, projectile vomiting without nausea,
decerebrate posturing.
Cushing's triage - answer ✔✔-Increased BP, Decreased HR, Decreased respirations
Encephalitis - answer ✔✔-Acute inflammation of the brain and spinal coed; caused by a virus and can be
FATAL
CM: fever, headache, seizures, rigidity, altered LOC, agitation, lethargy, photosensitivity, N/V
Brain abscess - answer ✔✔-Pus in the brain tissue
, CM: headache, lethargy, drowsiness, confusion, depressed, infection
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) - answer ✔✔-Progressive degenerative neurological disease with muscle
weakness and there is no cure.
Respiratory insufficiency (airway is a priority), safety, diversional activities, death from pneumonia,
suction at bedside, upright to eat and 30 min. after, semisolid foods or NG tube feedings.
Bell's palsy - answer ✔✔-Acute peripheral facial paralysis central or peripheral in origin; inflammation of
the CN VII on one side of the face in absence of another disease; accompanied by herpes vesicles
in/around the ears.
CM: drooping of the mouth, inability to close eye, loss of extensive tearing due to lacrimal muscle
weakness.
Surgery may be needed
Meningitis - answer ✔✔-Inflammation of the brain covering.
Check the CSF, positive Kernig's and Brudzinski signs, put patient in a dark room, get a family member to
stay at the bedside since the patient is confused, bedrest.
Hepatitis A - answer ✔✔-Vaccine, will resolve itself, incidence decreased with vaccine, fecal oral route
through contaminated food or drinking water.
Hepatitis B - answer ✔✔-Vaccine, transmitted through mucosal exposure to infectious blood, blood
products, body fluids.
Perinatally through mother to baby and other at risk are patient undergoing dialysis and heath
care/public safety workers.
