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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
09/25/2012

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what are right brain functions?
Definition
Thought, intuition, creativity, art & music, risk taking
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what are left brain functions?
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analytic thought, logic, language, science and math, rational
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functions of the frontal lobe
Definition
Brocas area for speech, morals, emotions, reasoning, and judgement, concentration and abstraction
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functions of the parietal lobes
Definition
interpretation of taste, pain, touch temperature, pressure, and spacial perception
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temporal lobe function
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auditory center, wernickes area for sensory and speech
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occipital lobe function
Definition
visual cortex
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basal ganglia function
Definition
motor control of fine body movement
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diencephalon function parts and function
Definition
thalamus integrates all bodily sensation axcept for smell, provides a pain gate, part of RAS hypothalamus- regulates autonomic responses sympathetic and parasympathetic, regulates stress, sleep, appetite, body temp, fluid balance, and emotions, responsible for the secretion of hormones by the pituitary and hypothalamus
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brainstem parts
Definition
midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata
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midbrain function
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responsible for motor coordination, contains the visual reflex and auditory relay centers
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pons function
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contains the respiratory centers and regulates breathing
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medulla oblangata function
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contains all efferent and afferent tracts and cardiac, resp, vomiting, and vasomotors centers, controls heart rate, resp, blood vessel diameter, sneezing, swallowing, vomiting, and coughing
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cerebelum function
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equilibrium, fine movement, muscle tone, and coordination
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pneumonic for cranial nerves to tell

if motor or sensory

Definition

some say marry money but my brother says bad

business marry money

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cranial nerve 1 function
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olfactory- smell
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cranial nerve 2 function
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optic- central and peripheral vision
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cranial nerve 3 function
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oculomotor-eye movement, lid elevation and pupil dilation
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cranial nerve 4 function
Definition
trochlear- eye movement
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cranial nerve 5 function
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trigeminal- sensation of skin of face and scalp,

muscles of mastication

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cranial nerve 6 function
Definition
abducens- eye movement
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cranial nerve 7 function
Definition
facial- sensation and movement of face taste on anterior 2/3rds of the toungue
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cranial nerve 8 function
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vestibulocochlear- hearing, equilibrium
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cranial nerve 9 function
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glossopharyngeal- swallowing, taste from posterior 1/3rd of toungue, parotid glands
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cranial nerve 10 function
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vagus- parasympathetic thoracic and abdominal viscera, cardiac and smooth muscle innervation
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cranial nerve 11 function
Definition
spinal accessory- sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
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cranial nerve 12 function
Definition
hypoglossal- muscles of the toungue
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What is the normal icp
Definition
10-15
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what is the monroe kelley doctrine?
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The 'Monroe - Kelly Doctrine'[7],[8] states that incompressible structures within the cranial vault are in a state of volume equilibrium, such that any increase of the volumes of one component (i.e. blood, CSF, or brain tissue) must be compensated by a decrease in the volume of another
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how to calculate cpp and normal range
Definition

map-icp=cpp

85mmhg average, 70-100normage range

needs to remain above 65mmhg to prevent cerebral anoxia

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what is papilledema
Definition
late sign of increasing icp, visualized with opthalmoscope, hyperemia and edema in the optic disc
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hemanopsia
Definition
blindness in one side of the visual field
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three signs of a basal skull fracture
Definition
`battle sign, raccoons eyes, rhinorrhea and otorrhea
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agraphia
Definition
difficulty writing
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aphasia
Definition
inability to comprehend verbal or written language
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apraxia
Definition
the inability to carry out a puposeful motor activity
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agnosia
Definition
inapropriate association with objects ie brushing hair with a pen
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TYPES OF STROKE
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ischemic, hemorrhagic
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types of ischemic strokes
Definition
thrombotic and embolic
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types of hemorrhagic stroke
Definition
aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation
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drug used in thrombolytic therapy
Definition
recombinant tissue plasminogen activator rtpa (retavase)
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aphasia
Definition
cannot speak
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dysarthria
Definition
trouble articulating and forming words
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hemianopsia
Definition

blindness occurs in the same half of visual field

in both eyes

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alexia
Definition
difficulty reading
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agnosia
Definition
difficulty recgnizing objects
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apraxia
Definition
dificulty carrying out pupouseful motor activity
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ptosis
Definition
drooping of the eyelids
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primary brain injury
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occurs at time of injury and results from physical stress
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secondary brain injury
Definition
damage that is done secondayr to the original tissue damage ie after swelling
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bsal skull fracture signs and symptoms
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raccoon eyes battle signs, halo sign
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therapeutic levels of dilantin
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10-20mcg/ml
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cushings triad
Definition
hypertension, increased widened pulse pressure, bradycardia
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deficites for injuries between c1 and c5
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paralysis of all muscles used for breathing usually fatal
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deficites for spinal injuries fromc5 to c6
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paralysis of the legs trunk hand and wrist
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autonomic dysreflexia ss
Definition
severe hypertension, headache and bradycardia increased sweating nasal stuffyness, facial flushing
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types of seizures
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generalized- absence, tonic clonic, myoclonic, atonic, clonic, tonic,

partial- simple, complex

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absence seizure
Definition
brief loss of concious awareness, blank stare
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tonic clonic
Definition
2-5 min full body experience of tonicity followed my convulsion, then postictal
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myoclonic sezure
Definition
jerking and stiffening of extremities can be one or both sides
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atonic
Definition
drop attack sudden loss of muscle tone followed by postictal congusion
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clonic seizures
Definition
lasts several minutes jerking convulsion
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tonic seizures
Definition
abrupt increase in muscle tone, loss of conciousness, autonomic changes lasting from 30 sec to several min
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seizure precautions
Definition
o2, suction, iv, siderails
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three signs of meningitis

Definition
nuchal rigiidity, positive kernigs and brudisnkis
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csf findingd with bacterial menengitis
Definition
cloudy, increased wbc, increased protein, decrease glucose, elevated pressure
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dysmetria
Definition
lack of coordinated movement typified by the overshoot or undershoot of intended position
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only drug for als
Definition
riluzole
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