Neurologic Signs and Symptoms

Decreased level of consciousness?K hemiparesis?K severe frontal headache. Serious?Xand possibly life-threatening?Xneurologic signs and symptoms such as these require expert assessment skills. And that?s what this video provides?Xalong with the nursing interventions needed to ensure optimal patient care. In just 30 minutes, you?ll learn: ?h how shining a penlight into your patient?s eyes can produce both a direct and indirect pupillary reaction ?h how to perform motor and sensory testing in a patient who has had a CVA ?h why increased ICP can cause the optic disk to swell, resulting in papilledema ?h which signs of increased ICP may signal pending brain stem herniation ?h how to elicit Brudzinski?s sign and Kernig?s sign?Xand what these findings mean ?h Decreased level of consciousness?K hemiparesis?K severe frontal headache. Serious?Xand possibly life-threatening?Xneurologic signs and symptoms such as these require expert assessment skills. And that?s what this video provides?Xalong with the nursing interventions needed to ensure optimal patient care.Blanchard and Loeb Publishers Staff is the author of 'Neurologic Signs and Symptoms' with ISBN 9781930138209 and ISBN 1930138202.