What are the 12 cranial nerves?
1. Olfactory
2. Optic
3. Oculomotor
4. Trochlear
5. Trigeminal
6. Abducens
7. Facial
8. Acoustic
9. Glossopharyngeal
10. Vagus
11. Accessory
12. Hypoglossal
The ANS has 2 subsystems. What are they and what is their
basic function?
Regulates activities of visceral organs, smooth and cardiac
muscles
Sympathetic: fight of flight
Parasympathetic: resting and digesting
Which structure regulates temperature, appetite, pituitary
hormones
hypothalamus
,If you are caring for a "forgetful" patient, you begin your
neurological assessment by assessing the level of consciousness.
What are the 3 areas of orientation you should test?
Person, place, and time
What 3 types of memory should you assess to determine
memory status?
Immediate, recent, and remote
What types of memory loss are often seen in the older adult?
Immediate and recent
What types of pts may experience pronate or drift?
Stroke
Deep tendon reflexes reveal
functional ability of specific spinal segment levels
What variables influence sleep?
Diet, exercise, stress, alcohol/caffeine, illness, culture,
medications, smoking, culture,
What are developmental patterns of sleep and the nursing
implications?
Infant sleep requirements
16 hrs (4hrs at a time)
2 year old sleep requirements
11-14 hrs
, School age child sleep requirements
10-12hrs (older children: 9-11 hrs)
Adolescent sleep requirements
8-10 hrs
Elderly sleep requirements
7-8 hrs
Sleep Cycle
• Wakefullness
• NREM Stage I
• NREM Stage II
• NREM Stage III
• NREM Stage IV
• NREM Stage III
• NREM Stage II
↠ REM
• NREM Stage II
NREM Stage I only happens during
the beginning of sleep
How much of sleep constitutes the NREM Stage II?
50-55%
What stage of sleep is a person easiest to arouse
Stage II
Reasoning: