Decorticate response - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Modules 7-10: NUR 2063 / NUR2063 (Latest 2024 / 2025) Essentials of Pathophysiology Review-Questions and Verified Answers - Rasmussen Q: What causes a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? What does a TBI result in? Answer: •Caused by a sudden and violent blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head wound that disrupts normal brain function •Can result in bruising of the brain, damage to the nerve fibers, or hemorrhaging Q: TBI Clinical Manifestations (5) Answer: Memory loss ...

NUR 202 - NEURO EXAM (DISEASES) EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ What are the 12 cranial nerves and their functions? - -1- *O*lfactory - (S) - smell 2- *O*ptic - (S) - vision 3- *O*culomotor - (M) - pupil response 4- *T*rochlear - (M) -eye muscle movement 5- *T*rigeminal - (B) - facial sensation & mastication 6- *A*bducens - (M) - eye muscle movement 7- *F*acial - (B) - facial movement/taste 8- *A*coustic - (S) - hearing 9- *G*lossopharyngeal - (B) - gag/swallow 10- *V*...

Hydrocephalus - Excess CSF in the ventricles Spina Bifida Occulta - Small gap in the vertebrae Meningocele - Gap w/ the meninges protruding Myelomeningocele - Spinal cord protrudes Cerebral Palsy - Group of disorders that affect motor movement and muscle coordination. Increasing Intracranial Pressure - Normal ICP is 10 - 15 mmHg. Increase leads to decreased perfusion and blood flow, which then leads to tissue ischemia edema (pushing brain down or "brainstem herniation") Aler...

NREMT Paramedic Exam Questions With Verified Correct Answers |& Images | Diagrams Illustrations | Latest Update Stridor Harsh or high-pitched respiratory sound, swelling, fb in upper airway. Croup is an example Snoring The sound of the soft tissue of the upper airway creating a partial obstruction of air flow. The tongue blocking the airway is an example. gurgling indicates presence of fluid in the upper airway, need for suctioning Decorticate elbows and hands flexed, and le...

ATI Mental Health Proctored Exam with Verified Answers (Updated) |2024/2025 A charge nurse is discussing mental status exams with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching? (Select all that apply). A. "To assess cognitive ability, I should ask the client to count backward by sevens." B. "To assess affect, I should observe the client's facial expression. C. "To assess language ability, I should inst...

NUR 265 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (100% Correct) This is an all-inclusive guide to NUR 265 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE (100% Correct) Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) o Blood flow required to provide adequate oxygenation & glucose for brain metabolism o Maintenance above 70 mmHg o CPP= MAP-ICP  MAP= (2xD) + S MAP NEEDS TO BE ATLEAST 80 3  Compensation o First Response – CSF is shunted or displaced into the spine (compliance) o Next – Reduction of blood volume in the brain (autoregulation) ...

NUR 2520 HESI All Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (100% Verified With Rationales) Graded A+. When assessing a recently delivered, multigravida client, the nurse finds that her vaginal bleeding is more than expected. Which factor in this client's history is related to this finding? She received butorphanol 2 mg IVP during labor. The second stage of labor lasted 10 minutes. She is a gravida 6, para 5. She is over 35 years of age. That's right! Rationale: Repea...

Navy Hospital Corpsman HCB Test 8; Questions & Answers 100% Solved (A+) A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face Answer-bells palsy rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle Answerclonic/clonus rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet Answer-decerebrate posturing posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward the center of the bo...

When assessing a recently delivered, multigravida client, the nurse finds that her vaginal bleeding is more than expected. Which factor in this client's history is related to this finding? She received butorphanol 2 mg IVP during labor. The second stage of labor lasted 10 minutes. She is a gravida 6, para 5. She is over 35 years of age. That's right! Rationale: Repeated gravid experiences cause the uterus to lose muscle tone (uterine atony) which is the most common cause of ex...

Navy corpsman test 8 Neuro & Endocrine Questions with correct Answers. nervous system maintains and controls all body functions by its functions and autonomic responses with its central and peripheral divisions Bell's Palsy temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face clonic/clonus Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle occurring in some nervous system disease Decerebrate posturing Rigid extension of all 4 extremities w/ hyperpro...