NR 304 Neuro Assessment Flash
Cards
Mental status determine ________functioning. - answercerebral
When is mental status assessed? - answerduring history
True/False: Mental status remains constant throughout life. - answerFalse- age related
changes occur during growth and development.
What 5 things compose the mental status exam? - answer- general appearance and
behavior - state of consciousness - mood and affect - thought content - intellectual
capacity
True/False: When assessing the patient, you should look for symmetry, therefore you
always compare left to right. - answertrue
When assessing orientation (state of
consciousness), you should ask what type of questions to determine mental status? -
answerPerson, place & time *What is your name? What is your spouse's name? *Where
are you? What is the state capitol? *What day is it? What year is it?
Eye opening is what component of consciousness? - answerarousal
If a person if fully conscious, we document this how? - answerawake, alert, and oriented
x4
What level of consciousness? disoriented to time, place, person, or situation/ short
attention span/poor memory/ easily bewildered confused - answerconfused
What level of consciousness? oriented with slow, sluggish speech and mental
processes/responds appropriately - answerlethargic
What level of consciousness? arouses to stimulation/ responds with 1-2 words/ follows
1 step commands to stimulation - answerobtunded
What level of consciousness? lies quietly with minimal movement/responds only to
vigorous and repeated stimulation/ opens eyes and responds to pain appropriately/
makes incomprehensible sounds - answerstuporous
What level of consciousness? sleep-like state with eyes closed/ does not respond
appropriately to bodily or environmental stimuli/ no verbal sounds - answercomatose
, True/False: A person who cannot be woken should be documented as unconscious on
the medical
chart. - answerFalse- this is a non-medical term, refer to proper medical terminology
What are the 5 types of stimuli used to gauge a response (in order, from the first
mechanism attempted to the last)? - answer1.Voice 2. Touch 3. Shaking 4. voice and
shaking 5. noxious/painful stimuli
What are the 3 components of the glasgow
coma scale? - answer1. Eye opening 2. Motor Response 3. Verbal Response
A glasgow coma scale score of 13 indicates what? - answermild brain injury
A glasgow coma scale score of 9-12 indicates what? - answermoderate brain injury
A glasgow coma scale score <8 indicates what? - answersevere brain injury
Language and speech are assessed together.What part of the brain controls this? -
answerThe left (dominant) side
Which side of the brain controls written and spoken language, reasoning, number
skills, scientific knowledge and right hand control. - answerThe left side
Which side of the brain controls insight, 3-d forms, art and music awareness,
imagination, and left hand control? - answerthe right side
(def)a disorder in processing language - answeraphasia
(def)a disorder in programming speech (saying the wrong word) - answerapraxia of
speech
(def) a disorder in the mechanics of speech - answerdyarthria
Which Cranial Nerve?Smell - answerCN I (Olfactory)
Which Cranial Nerve? Vision - answerCN II (Optic)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes in all directions except outward and down&in/
constricts pupil/ opens eyelid - answerCN III (Oculomotor)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes down and in - answerCN IV (Trochlear)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes outward - answerCN VI (abducens)
Cards
Mental status determine ________functioning. - answercerebral
When is mental status assessed? - answerduring history
True/False: Mental status remains constant throughout life. - answerFalse- age related
changes occur during growth and development.
What 5 things compose the mental status exam? - answer- general appearance and
behavior - state of consciousness - mood and affect - thought content - intellectual
capacity
True/False: When assessing the patient, you should look for symmetry, therefore you
always compare left to right. - answertrue
When assessing orientation (state of
consciousness), you should ask what type of questions to determine mental status? -
answerPerson, place & time *What is your name? What is your spouse's name? *Where
are you? What is the state capitol? *What day is it? What year is it?
Eye opening is what component of consciousness? - answerarousal
If a person if fully conscious, we document this how? - answerawake, alert, and oriented
x4
What level of consciousness? disoriented to time, place, person, or situation/ short
attention span/poor memory/ easily bewildered confused - answerconfused
What level of consciousness? oriented with slow, sluggish speech and mental
processes/responds appropriately - answerlethargic
What level of consciousness? arouses to stimulation/ responds with 1-2 words/ follows
1 step commands to stimulation - answerobtunded
What level of consciousness? lies quietly with minimal movement/responds only to
vigorous and repeated stimulation/ opens eyes and responds to pain appropriately/
makes incomprehensible sounds - answerstuporous
What level of consciousness? sleep-like state with eyes closed/ does not respond
appropriately to bodily or environmental stimuli/ no verbal sounds - answercomatose
, True/False: A person who cannot be woken should be documented as unconscious on
the medical
chart. - answerFalse- this is a non-medical term, refer to proper medical terminology
What are the 5 types of stimuli used to gauge a response (in order, from the first
mechanism attempted to the last)? - answer1.Voice 2. Touch 3. Shaking 4. voice and
shaking 5. noxious/painful stimuli
What are the 3 components of the glasgow
coma scale? - answer1. Eye opening 2. Motor Response 3. Verbal Response
A glasgow coma scale score of 13 indicates what? - answermild brain injury
A glasgow coma scale score of 9-12 indicates what? - answermoderate brain injury
A glasgow coma scale score <8 indicates what? - answersevere brain injury
Language and speech are assessed together.What part of the brain controls this? -
answerThe left (dominant) side
Which side of the brain controls written and spoken language, reasoning, number
skills, scientific knowledge and right hand control. - answerThe left side
Which side of the brain controls insight, 3-d forms, art and music awareness,
imagination, and left hand control? - answerthe right side
(def)a disorder in processing language - answeraphasia
(def)a disorder in programming speech (saying the wrong word) - answerapraxia of
speech
(def) a disorder in the mechanics of speech - answerdyarthria
Which Cranial Nerve?Smell - answerCN I (Olfactory)
Which Cranial Nerve? Vision - answerCN II (Optic)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes in all directions except outward and down&in/
constricts pupil/ opens eyelid - answerCN III (Oculomotor)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes down and in - answerCN IV (Trochlear)
Which Cranial Nerve? moves eyes outward - answerCN VI (abducens)
