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236 Exam 3Best way to test if patient can feel touch & temperature - correct answer ✔✔Alcohol swab
What is the most important indicator of neurologic function - correct answer ✔✔level of consciousness
first sign of deteriorating condition - correct answer ✔✔change in level of consciousness
Common causes of altered mental status AEIOU TIPS - correct answer ✔✔A: alcohol, drugs, ingested
boxing
E: electrolyte imbalances
I: insulin (hyper/hypoglycemic)
O: oxygen deprivation
U: uremia, renal failure
T: trauma
I: infection
P: psychiatric problems
S: space occupying lesions or tumors
Intermediate memory
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔have the person remember 3-4 random numbers with no
association to each other
several minutes later the examiner asks the person to repeat the numbers
Recent (short term) memory
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔tests anything that occurred within the last few days to weeks
Remote (long term) memory
,how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔patient asked to recall mothers name, oldest childs birthday, social
security number
what are the 3 things the glasgow coma scale is based off of - correct answer ✔✔eye opening, motor
and verbal responses
cranial nerve 1
What is it?
How is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔olfactory
smell reception & interpretation
loss of this sense is an early sign of Parkinson Disease
Cranial nerve 2
What is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔optic
visual acuity and visual fields
Test: examine with otoscope
Cranial nerve 3, 4 & 6
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔3: occulormotor
4: trochlear
6: abducens
all responsible for extra ocular eye movement and lid elevation
Test: pt follow finger
Cranial nerve 5
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔trigeminal
, facial sensations, controls muscles of the jaw (chewing)
Cranial nerve 7
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔facial
responsible for taste, eye closure, facial movement, lip movement
test: observe facial symmetry & movement, eye closure
Cranial nerve 8
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔acoustic (vestibulocochlear)
hearing and balance
Test: whisper or rubbing fingers in front of pt ear
Cranial nerve 9 & 12
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔Glossopharyngeal & Hypoglossal
taste, gag reflex, sensation of eardrum/ear canal
swallowing, tongue movement for speech, sound articulation and swallowing
test: assess gag reflex, tongue mobility
Cranial nerve 10
what is it?
how is it tested? - correct answer ✔✔vagus
sensation from pharynx, viscera, carotid body & sinus
supplies part of the abdominal cavity, "vagal stimulation"
test: say "ahh" with mouth open and tongue extended
Cranial nerve 11
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