AACN PCCN Review: Neurology Questions With Accurate
Answers.
Glasgow Coma Scale - accurate answers-a. Level of Consciousness (LOC)
b. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-15
Eye Opening - 1- 4 points
Best Verbal Response - 1- 5 points
Best Motor Response - 1- 6 points
Unconscious patient and a rock both get 3
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Nonreactive, midposition - accurate answers-
Midbrain Damage
Abnormal Pupillary Findings:Nonreactive Pinpoint: - accurate answers-Pons
Damage
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Reactive, Small & Equal: - accurate answers-
Damage Affecting Sympathetic Innervation
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: One Fixed & Dilated Pupil: - accurate answers-
Same side CN III compression or injury
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Bilateral Fixed & Dilated Pupils: - accurate
answers-Severe Brain Compression, Ischemia
and/or Anoxia
Expressive Aphasia (Brocca's) - accurate answers-Dominant Frontal Lobe
Receptive Aphasia (Wernicke's) - accurate answers-Dominant Temporal Lobe
Cheyne-Strokes Breathing - accurate answers-Problem in Cerebral
Hemispheres, Diencephelon or Basal Ganglia
Neurogenic Hyperventilation - accurate answers-Midbrain or Upper Pons
Problems
, Apneustic Breathing - accurate answers-Pons Lesion (prolonged inspiration
with pauses)
I - accurate answers-Olfactory: Smell
One has a funny kind of smell
II - accurate answers-Optic Nerve: Sight
Two Helps you See
III - accurate answers-Oculomotor:
Three up and down!
Eye Movement
Pupil Constriction
Elevation of Eye Lid
Evaluate Eye Movement
Towards Nose
Up and In, Down and In
IV - accurate answers-Tochlear:
Four DOWN AND OUT
Eye Movement
Evaluate Eye Movement
Downward and Inward
V - accurate answers-Trigeminal
NEURALGIA
Sensation to Face
Muscles of Mastication
Corneal Reflex
Tighten Jaw (Clench Teeth)
Answers.
Glasgow Coma Scale - accurate answers-a. Level of Consciousness (LOC)
b. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-15
Eye Opening - 1- 4 points
Best Verbal Response - 1- 5 points
Best Motor Response - 1- 6 points
Unconscious patient and a rock both get 3
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Nonreactive, midposition - accurate answers-
Midbrain Damage
Abnormal Pupillary Findings:Nonreactive Pinpoint: - accurate answers-Pons
Damage
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Reactive, Small & Equal: - accurate answers-
Damage Affecting Sympathetic Innervation
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: One Fixed & Dilated Pupil: - accurate answers-
Same side CN III compression or injury
Abnormal Pupillary Findings: Bilateral Fixed & Dilated Pupils: - accurate
answers-Severe Brain Compression, Ischemia
and/or Anoxia
Expressive Aphasia (Brocca's) - accurate answers-Dominant Frontal Lobe
Receptive Aphasia (Wernicke's) - accurate answers-Dominant Temporal Lobe
Cheyne-Strokes Breathing - accurate answers-Problem in Cerebral
Hemispheres, Diencephelon or Basal Ganglia
Neurogenic Hyperventilation - accurate answers-Midbrain or Upper Pons
Problems
, Apneustic Breathing - accurate answers-Pons Lesion (prolonged inspiration
with pauses)
I - accurate answers-Olfactory: Smell
One has a funny kind of smell
II - accurate answers-Optic Nerve: Sight
Two Helps you See
III - accurate answers-Oculomotor:
Three up and down!
Eye Movement
Pupil Constriction
Elevation of Eye Lid
Evaluate Eye Movement
Towards Nose
Up and In, Down and In
IV - accurate answers-Tochlear:
Four DOWN AND OUT
Eye Movement
Evaluate Eye Movement
Downward and Inward
V - accurate answers-Trigeminal
NEURALGIA
Sensation to Face
Muscles of Mastication
Corneal Reflex
Tighten Jaw (Clench Teeth)
