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Extra credit NUB 350
Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which test monitors electrical impulses of the brain? | EEG |
| What is a main side effect to a lumbar puncture? | Headache |
| Whats the most sensitive indicater of change in the neurological status? | LOC |
| Which scale is used to determine stimuli in terms of eye opening, verbal response and motor response? | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| Adults - when your toes flare whats this called? | Babinskis reflex |
| Which dx test do you use to determine stroke? | CT |
| What is the precursor to stroke? | TIA |
| which stroke do you decrease pressure? | Hemorrhagic |
| What stroke do you not decrease pressure? | Ischemic |
| Difficulty with communition? | Aphasia |
| Difficulty swallowing? | Dysphagia |
| Signs of Stroke? FAST | Face droop;arm/leg wear; sudden slurred speech; time to call |
| TPA can be given within _________ of onset? | 3-4 hours |
| What disease affects the upper and lower motor neuron clinical manifestations? | ALT |
| What area is not affected with ALS? | Bowel/Bladder incontince |
| What cranial nerve is affected with bells palsy? | Cranial nerve 7 |
| Which disease attacks the myeline sheath? | Guillian Barre |
| What disease destorys the myeline sheath? | MS |
| In gillian Barre do you suppress the immune systems? | No |
| What drug do you gie to MS patients for bladder incontience? | Ditropan |
| What is Parkinson's Disease | Decrease in Dopamine |
| What is the first sign of Parkinson's Disease | Tremor |
| What is the second sign of Parkinson's Disease | Rigidity |
| What is the third sign of Parkinson's Disease | Bradykinesia |
| Patients with lower back pain should not sleep in what poisiton? | Prone |
| Patients with lower back pain should exercise? | 15 min in the morning and 15 min in the afternoon |
| What disease is a silent theif? | Osteoporosis |
| What drug is given for osteoporosis? | Fosamax |
| What 2 considerations should be used when giving Fosomax? | Sitting up for 30 minutes and Take on a empty stomach |
| What sign for carpel tunnel tap on the median nerve? | Tinnel |
| What sign for carpel tunnel wrists inward? | Platens |
| Osteoarthritis is not painful? | False |
| What labs are used to detect osteoarthritis? | None |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis is not painful? | True |
| What helps elimates pain with Rheumatoid Arthritis? | Use helps |
| What lab test is done to determine Rheumatoid Arthritis? | RF; C-reactive protein;ESR |
| What drug is used for Rheumatoid Arthritis? | Methotrexate |
| Does Rheumatoid Arthritis affect unilaterally or bilaterally? | Bilaterally |
| What is Scleroderma? | Hard Skin |
| Can Scleroderma affect other organs? | Yes |
| What does Crest stand for in Scleroderma? | Calcinoisis;Raynaud's phenomenon; Esophageal hardening; sclerodactyly; telangietasias |
| what medication would you use for Fibromyalgia for muscle pain? | Neurotin |
| What is Lupus? | Inflammation throughout the whole body. |
| What disease would you find butterfly rash? | Lupus |
| What lab would you use to dx Lupus? | Anti SM |
| What disease forms urate crystals? | Gout |
| What type of diet do you want to be on for GOUT? | No Purine |
| What medication works for both HTN and GOUT? | Cozaar |