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CRANIAL NERVES. Health Assessment NUR 211. Anatomy and Physiology. Central Nervous System Brain, spinal cord, motor and sensory pathways Peripheral Nervous System Spinal nerves, cranial nerves, autonomic nervous system. Focused Health Assessment. Present Health/Illness Status
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CRANIAL NERVES Health Assessment NUR 211
Anatomy and Physiology • Central Nervous System • Brain, spinal cord, motor and sensory pathways • Peripheral Nervous System • Spinal nerves, cranial nerves, autonomic nervous system
Focused Health Assessment • Present Health/Illness Status • numbness, difficulty with speech, vision, hearing, medications, changes in behavior, lifestyle • Family History • headaches, mental illness, depression
Continued: • Past Health History • seizures, headaches • head injury • surgeries • stroke
Equipment Needed: • Cotton ball, safety pin, snellen chart • Tongue blade • Tuning fork • Reflex hammer • pen light • pencil and paper • sweet/sour substances • Familiar aromatic substance (coffee, vanilla)
CN I: Olfactory • Sensory: smell • Apply simple odors to one nostril at a time • Do not test unless history indicates
CN II: Optic • Sensory: vision • Snellen • Visual fields (confrontation) • Ophthalmoscopic examination
CN III: Oculomotor • Motor: upward, downward, medial eye movement • Corneal Light reflex • Cover test • EOM: 6 cardinal positions • Observe lids
CN IV: Trochlear • Motor: downward, medial eye movement • EOM • Same as CN III • Pupillary light reflex • Accommodation
CN V: Trigeminal • Sensory: face, scalp • Motor: • Tactile and pain sensation on entire face
CN VI: Abducens • Motor: lateral eye movement • EOM • Same as CN III
CN VII: Facial • Sensory: • Taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue • Motor: • Ability to frown • Smile, show teeth • Puff out checks • whistle, close eyes
CN VIII: Acoustic • Sensory: • Hearing acuity • Rinne test: on mastoid process • Weber test: on center of forehead • Otoscopic examination • Rhomberg test
CN IX: Glossopharyngeal • Sensory: • Taste • Motor: • Able to swallow • Gag reflex
CN X: Vagus • Sensory • listen to person talk (hoarseness) • Motor • ask person to say “ah” (soft palate contract and uvula stays midline)
CN XI: Spinal Accessary • Motor: • Turn head side to side • shrug shoulders with resistance
CN XII: Hypoglossal • Motor: • protrude tongue • move tongue from side to side with resistance