NURS612 KEY POINTS TO REVIEW FOR EXAM 3 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 NEW UPDATE
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NURS612 KEY POINTS TO REVIEW FOR EXAM 3
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 NEW UPDATE NURS612 KEY POINTS TO REVIEW FOR EXAM 3
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 NEW UPDATENURS612 KEY POINTS TO REVIEW FOR EXAM 3
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 NEW UPDATE
what happens in our brain when we have ischemia with a TBI? - answers-ATP
depletion
-influx of calcium
what are the signs of ICP? - answers-early: altered LOC (confusion and
agitation)
-late: comatose state, irregular RR, changes in vital signs
what is cranial nerve 3? - answers-Oculomotor
-responsible for pupil constriction and dilation
-dysfunction: pupils dilate and cannot constrict and we see this in patients with
high pressure in their brain
what is cranial nerve 6? - answers-Abducens
-responsible for eye movement
-patients with injury to cranial nerve six will have nystagmus where their eyes
move back and forth really fast
what is a diffuse injury? - answers-sheering of nerve fibers
, -nerves are unable to transmit signals
-leads to pt having alterations in being awake and let
-most are unconscious
-alterations in temp regulation, confusion and high BP
what is a polar (contra coup) injury? - answers-brain is injured in both the front
and back
-acceleration/deceleration injury
-whiplash, car crash
CSF has a high concentration of... - answers-glucose
-if a patient comes in with a clear/cloudy fluid draining for the ears or nose test
it for glucose
what is the difference between right sided stroke and left sided stroke? -
answers-right: left weakness, hemnopsia (loss of sight in half of visual field)
-left: right weakness
What is an aneurysm? - answers-collection of blood vessels where there is a lot
of pressure
-they begin to bleed and cause leak headaches
-found in younger individuals
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