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Galen NUR 242 Streb UNIT 10 Galen College Of Nursing -Question and answers 100% correct Galen NUR 242 Streb UNIT 10 A migraine can cause - correct answer severe throbbing pain or pulsing sensation, usually on just one side of the head A migraine is often accompanied by - correct answer...

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Galen NUR 242 Streb UNIT 10
A migraine can cause - correct answer ✔severe throbbing pain or pulsing
sensation, usually on just one side of the head


A migraine is often accompanied by - correct answer ✔nausea, vomiting,
and extreme sensitivity to light an sound


Migraine attacks can cause - correct answer ✔significant pain for hours to
days and can be so severe that the pain is disabling


Migraine: Priority to teach client to take medications as soon as - correct
answer ✔symptoms develop to achieve greatest relief


Seizures are disturbances in normal brain function. They can cause: - correct
answer ✔loss of consciousness, uncontrolled body movements, changes in
behavior and sensation, and changes in the autonomic system. Present
similar to other neurologic problems


Generalized seizures involve - correct answer ✔all of the brain. There are
four types of generalized seizures.


Tonic-clonic seizures (Grand Mal). Most intense of all types. The patient has a
loss of - correct answer ✔consciousness, body stiffening, shaking, and an
Aura prior to seizing.


When caring for a patient who is experiencing a seizure the priority is to
prevent - correct answer ✔aspiration and injury

, Once the seizure is over, the patient should be positioned in the - correct
answer ✔recovery side-lying position to prevent aspiration


Most people with epilepsy can become seizure-free by - correct answer
✔using a prescribed anticonvulsant such as diazepam. Patient should stop
immediately if side effects develop.


Parkinson's disease is a - correct answer ✔slow progressive disorder of the
nervous system that affects movement and results in crippling disability


Parkinson's Disease Six cardinal features: - correct answer ✔-Tremors at
rest on one side
-Rigidity, Increased tone, and stiffness in muscles at rest (pill rolling)
-Bradykinesia (slow, shuffling gait, etc.)
-Flexed posture of the neck, trunk, and limbs
-Loss of postural reflexes
-freezing movement


Often requires interdisciplinary approach to managing care in the home
setting; Activities of daily living should be scheduled around medication
administered.


Multiple Sclerosis is a - correct answer ✔chronic progressive degenerative
disease that effects the myelin sheath of neurons in the CNS


Multiple Sclerosis (MS) leads to several clinical manifestations that include: -
correct answer ✔weakness or tingling; vision loss; problems with
coordination; muscle spasticity; slurred speech.

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