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NURS612 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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