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Med Surg Neuro

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What is a PET scan ?   show
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What causes Glaucoma ?   show
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s/s of glaucoma   show
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show mydriatic drops  
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Unable to focus both eyes in the same direction   show
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What is hordeolum ?   show
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what is a chalazion ?   show
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What causes retinal detachment?   show
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show Floaters, blurry vision  
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show Photocoagulation laser tx  
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Myopia   show
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show farsightedness  
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show no blood supply means slow healing  
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show no coughing, bending at waste  
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show NO! report it to the charge nurse or doctor  
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show conjuctivitis  
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show With age due to decreased flexibility of the lens  
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Glaucoma characterized by rapid onset & decreased vision   show
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show decreased amount of aqueous humor to decrease pressure  
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show ptosis  
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show slit lamp  
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s/s of corneal ulcer   show
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show eye patch  
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Risk for cataracts   show
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How is the exam for the snellens chart performed?   show
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show 15min  
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show external otitis  
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show otitis media  
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s/s of chronic otitis media   show
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Surgical procedure placing a incision into the tympanic membrane tube placement for drainage   show
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post of teaching for tube placement ?   show
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show vertigo, tinnitus, progressive hearing loss  
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show Safety. fall risk, darken rm  
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show stapedectomy  
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primary risk for stapedectomy?   show
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post op position for stapedectomy   show
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instructions for post op stapedectomy to prevent disloging   show
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show increased ability to hear sounds  
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Symptoms of inner ear dysfuntion   show
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hearing loss that allows normal sound conduction through external middle ear but not in the inner ear?   show
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usual cause for color blindness?   show
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show Vit-A  
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type of lens replacement for cataract?   show
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surgery mainly for myopia so that glasses are no longer needed?   show
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show closed  
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show contraction of muscles  
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clonic phase   show
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what kind of rigidity is seen in early stages of Parkinson symptoms ?   show
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show young , R & L sided weakness, intermittent symptoms & vision diturbances  
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Pt must ____ eyebrows to differentiate between stroke & bells palsy   show
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show b/w the membraneous arachniod & pia mater  
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show blunt/closed trauma, open/penetrating trauma  
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head injury most common   show
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show Neurology  
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show cephalgia  
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runny nose   show
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seizure   show
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show epilepsy  
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Status epilepticus   show
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show brief loss of muscle tone ( seizure)  
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show tonic-phase  
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alternates with rhythmic jerking movements   show
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show focal point  
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show neuralgia  
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show bell's palsy  
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Shingles   show
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Transection   show
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show paraplegia  
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paralysis of all four extremities   show
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show hyperflexia or exaggerated ANS reflexes occuring in spinal cord injury  
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potentially debilitating disease in which the body's immune system eats away at the myelin sheath that covers your nerves   show
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show Parkinson disease  
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show bradykinesia  
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show Ataxia  
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show myasthenia gravis  
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drooping eyelids   show
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difficulty in speaking   show
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abnormal involuntary movements   show
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procedure in which antibodies are removed from the blood   show
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chronic progressive, hereditary condition in which the brain cells in the basal ganglia prematurely die   show
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collection of pus in that may result from infection of the ears or sinus or the skull   show
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inflammation of the meninges of the membranes that covers the brain & spinal cord   show
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Stiff neck   show
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intolerance to light   show
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show opisthotonos  
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show Kernigs sign  
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show brundzinskis sign  
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show encephalitis  
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autoimmune disorder of the PNS -> antibodies start to destroy the myelin sheath of the perpheral nerves   show
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show Acute transverse myelitis  
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pressure that the brain , blood & CSF exert inside the cerebrospinal cavitiy   show
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show oterrhea  
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raccon eyes   show
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show children are more susceptible to bacterial and college age are more susceptible to viral  
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occur in one part of the brain   show
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show viral illness ( Respiratory or GI) or after surgery and vaccinations  
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show EEG  
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show mental changes , seizure disorders and parkingsonian symptoms  
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what test would be helpfull in dx of Alzheimer or stroke   show
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show brain death  
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show DX of myasthenia gravis, temporary relief of symptoms  
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show MS  
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show through direct contact of respiratory secretions  
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show Brain death  
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What range on the GCS is associated with a coma?   show
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what drugs are contraindicated in pt's with myasthenia gravis?   show
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show parasthesia  
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TX for encephalitis is similar to the tx for?   show
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show cataracts  
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considered to be a rare disease, affects the myelin sheath ,muscle atrophy & sensory   show
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show Its an antieplicptic Drug  
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What medication is used for ICP?   show
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Sustained ICP over____mm/hg is called increased ICP   show
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during severe exacerbation what can a MS pt be TX with ?   show
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the underlying cause of a CVA is often?   show
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What are the early signs of ALS?   show
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show ALS  
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show intractable pain  
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show myasthenia gravis  
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show CVA  
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CVA's are the ____ leading cause of death in the US   show
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Where do Parkinson's tremors usually begin?   show
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levodopa is used to tx ?   show
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show Guillian Barre Syndrome  
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show subarachnoid hemmorage  
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show pregnancy ,heat, morphine, hot showers  
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show referred pain  
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show TENS  
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priority nursing intervention during a seizure   show
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difficult to spot pt appears to be daydreaming , blank stare cessation of activity, person is not aware   show
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