Decerebrate rigidity - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

2023 NUR2755 / NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM (Latest APRIL 2023 / 2024): Multidimensional Care IV / MDC 4 - Rasmussen NUR 2755 Multidimensional Care IV MDC4 FINAL EXAM what are the treatments for frostbite in the ED? - Warm saline, immerse hands/feet in warm water, elevate affected limbs, have them rub their hands together Priority treatment for pt with a heatstroke - Move them out of the sun, into shade First priority assessment - Airway Process called for sorting patients - Triage Pt wit...

MDC 4 Exam 1 Rasmussen University Questions and Answers 100% Solved Which Migraine medications cannot be used in a patient with cardiac diseases and why? Triptans and Ergotamine preparations- they will cause additional vasoconstriction of the head blood vessels What does abortive therapy do for migraines? alleviate pain after the headache starts What does preventative therapy do for migraines? prevent a headache is it occurs more than twice a week or is severe. A patient is taking beta block...

ATI Mental Health CMS Chapter 1; Basic Mental Health Nursing Concepts → Assessment Mental Status Exam (MSE) 1) Level of consciousness: - Alert - Lethargic: client can open eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep quickly - Stuporous: client requires vigorous and painful stimuli to elicit brief response - Comatose: unconscious & does not respond to painful stimuli Abnormal posturing in comatose client Decorticate rigidity; flexion & internal rotation of upper extremity joints ...

Exam 2: NSG 316/ NSG316 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Guide | Qs and As | 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)- GCU Q: abnormal postures Answer: decorticate rigidity decerebrate rigidity flaccid quadriplegia opisthotonos Q: decorticate rigidity Answer: flexion of arms, wrist, fingers. extension of legs, internal rotation of knees Q: decerebrate rigidity Answer: palms pronated, plantar flexion Q: flaccid quadriplegia Answer: c...

1. What does a mental status examination include ANS level of consciousness physical appearance behavior cognitive and intellectual abilities 2. what are the levels of consciousness ANS alert lethargic stuporous comatose 3. what is lethargic ANS client can open eyes and respond but they are drowsy and falls asleep quickly 4. What is stuporous ANS client requires vigorous and painful stimuli to elicit a brief response 5. what is comatose ANS unconscious 6. what is abnormal posturing ...

Exam 2: NSG233 / NSG 233 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Medical-Surgical Nursing III / Med Surg 3 Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Herzing Q: Pushes the painful stimulus away Answer: Expected response to painful stimulus in motor function assessment. Q: Adjust the client's head of bed Answer: Action to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure in severe traumatic brain injury. Q: Reduce edema of the brain Answer: Purpose of administering osmotic diuretic to client with i...

ATI Mental Health - Foundations (unit 1) Questions with Complete Solutions Level of consciousness - Correct Answer Alert- responsive Lethargic- able to open eyes and respond but is drowsy Stupor - requires painful stimuli to elicit brief response Coma - no response (abnormal posturing: decorticate/ decerebrate rigidity) Physical Apperance - Correct Answer Personal hygiene Grooming Clothing choice (appropriate for environment) Behavior - Correct Answer Voluntary movements Involuntary...

NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM Assessing pain for pt who is unconscious, what's the first intervention? - Nail bed pressure Pt with a head injury & are arousable, what is one intervention the pt can do themselves to reduce ICP? - Exhaling during repositioning Characteristics of CSF, what does it test for? - Clear w/ a yellow halo; tests positive for glucose How can we limit autonomic dysreflexia? - Routine bowel & bladder program Evaluating a pt for a spinal cord injury; which of the following w...

Mental health PN ATIMood - correct answer provides information about the emotion that a client is feeling. Affect - correct answer an objective expression of mood, such as flat affect or lack of facial expression. Alert - correct answer client is responsive and able to fully respond by opening her eyes and attending to a normal tone of voice and speech. She answers questions spontaneously and appropriately lethargic - correct answer the client is able to open her eyes and respond but is...

Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) tests what? - exam used to objectively assess a client's cognitive status by evaluation orientation to time and place, attention span and ability to count backwards by seven, following commands, ability to write, recalling objects Stuporous - The client requires vigorous or painful stimuli to elicit a brief response. She might not be able to respond verbally. Decorticate rigidity - Flexion and internal rotation of upper-extremity joints and legs Dec...