Get your head in this game

Cranial Nerve 9/10 associated with :

• PERRLA

• Gag Reflex/ Ability to swallow

• Snellen Chart

• Facial Movement

Sympathetic Nervous System

• Rest and Digest

• Lowers BP in time of crisis

• Stimulates Peristalsis

• Fight or Flight

Cranial Nerves 346

• Innervate our sense of smell and taste

• Facial Movement

• PERRLA/ Eye Movements

• Hearing Test

When checking eye acuity the nurse...

• Needs a cotton ball and have pt close their eyes

• Places the hands on the bilateral shoulders

• Needs a Snellen Chart

• Had the patient remove their glassess

Cranial Nerve 12 is tested by

• Whisper test

• Have patient smell a strong odor

• Movement of the tongue

• Say ahh and watch the movement of the uvula

Cranial nerve 5

• puffing the cheeks and looking for symmetry

• Using a cotton ball and having pt tell you when they feel you touch

• sense of smell

• Shrug the shoulders

The concept for Neurological Functioning is

• Gas Exchange

• Perfusion

• Beyond me

• Intracranial regulation

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

• Way of measuring severity of Seizures

• Measurement tool for fall risk

• Measurement tool for cognitive functions

• Explains what level of consciousness the patient is

One way to check balance ...

• Snellen

• Perform the Romberg Test

• Check the DTR of the patient

• Check Cranial nerves 6-12

When testing the achilles tendon. the expected finding is...

• Supination of the forearm

• Plantarflexion of the foot

• Dorsiflexion of the foot

• The leg kicks out