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Nurs 509 Week 3

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Assess tremors and admit to daily drinking
Do the tremors change when drinking
How to assess cranial nerve 11 spinal accessory
Move head and shoulder against resistance
No vibration noted to ankles and great toe
peripheral neuropathy
During neuro assessment ask to relax all muscles. Expect on ROM
Mild even resistance to movement
Asymmetric smile and frown. Uneven lift eyebrows. Sagging lower eyelids. Air escapes when push on right puffed cheek
Motor component of cranial nerve 7 (facial). Think Bells palsy
Short term memory loss. Unable to perform simple tasks eg. button shirt
Before neuro test assess mental status and ability to follow directions
3 month old. assess grip and suck
assessing reflexes
Complain of weakness to left arm and leg x 1 week
complete neuro assessment. no sign subjective findings
Reports dropping things and falling down. During tests of rapid hand movements unable to pat both knees. slow. misses freq
dysfunction of cerebellum
Room is spinning
vertigo
history of seizures. aura
warning sign of seizure
Pressed for time. Test, sharp point pin several times. Individual only states pain once as if a single prick
Summation effect.
Joint pain worse in am. Moving around gets better then worse again
RA
Decrease risk to delay bone loss in post menopausal
Take Ca and vit d
Flex arm ok forward but unable to abduct arm
Rotator cuff lesion
Assess ankle fracture. Expect....
Sharp pain w/ increased moving
Tennis elbow. Assess tenderness at the...
medial and lateral epicondyle
Assess carpal tunnel with Phalens test
Both hands back to back flexing wrist 90 degrees for 60 seconds
What is osteoporosis
Loss of bone density
Why getting shorter...aged gentlemen
shortening of the vertebral column
What is the posture change called in 8 month old preg woman
lordosis
motor dysfunction of the hip
Abduct hip while lying on back
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