Review | Highly Rated Guide | Rasmussen College
1. What do Left side stroke patients with right side deficits experience?
- Aphasia (Inability to speak)
- Alexia (Difficulty reading)
- Agraphia (Difficulty writing)
- Acalculia (Difficulty with math)
2. What do Right side stroke patients with Left side deficits experience?
- Impaired sense of Humor
- Disorientation of time, place and person
- Loss of depth perception
- Impulsiveness
- Loss of ability t hear tonal variations
- Left side hemiplegia or hemiparesis
3. Patient education for Parkinson’s
- Report dizziness
- Delirium
- Maintain quality of life
- Help alleviate or manage symptoms
- Take medication at the same time
, 4. How to manage a patient with proprioception (position sense)?
- Teach the patient to touch and use both sides of the body.
- When dressing, remind the patient to dress the affected side first.
5. Assessment findings for parkinsons
- Tremors
- Muscle rigidity
- Bradykinesia
- Postural instability
6. Medication for Parkinson’s
- Carbidopa/ Levodopa
- Give at set time do not change
7. assessing gbs
- Hallmark finding: Ascending paralysis which can cause acute respiratory
failure
8. Patient interventions for gbs
- Monitor vitals and ECG
- Help feed patient if needed