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Interferences to Rest and Activity Needs:

Interferences to Rest and Activity Needs:. Central Nervous System Disorders. Increased Intracranial Pressure. The one common denominator for traumatic brain injury, seizures, strokes, hydrocephalus, meningitis, brain tumors and intracranial aneurysms is increased intracranial pressure.

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Interferences to Rest and Activity Needs:

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  1. Interferences to Rest and Activity Needs: Central Nervous System Disorders

  2. Increased Intracranial Pressure • The one common denominator for traumatic brain injury, seizures, strokes, hydrocephalus, meningitis, brain tumors and intracranial aneurysms is increased intracranial pressure. • How does an open brain injury differ from a closed one? • How does a contussion differ from a concussion? Is one more serious than the other? • What happens in the brain to cause IICP in each of the above situations? • How does one assess for increased intracranial pressure (IICP)? What does IICP look like?

  3. What is the worst case scenario for the patient with IICP? • What are the nursing interventions that can promote normalized intracranial pressure? • What medications would be used in the patient at risk or with IICP? How do they work? What do you need to know as the nurse when giving these medications? • Are there lab tests that would be done for a patient with IICP? If so, what are they and why are they done? • What devices are used to monitor IICP? What are the advantages vs disadvantages of these devices? What do you need to know as the nurse working with these devices? • What are the complications that can occur following a craniotomy?

  4. What would your nursing interventions be to prevent each of those complications? • What assessments would you make to identify if these complications were occurring in the patient? • Why do you see these complications? • How does a brain abscess differ from a brain tumor or brain injury? • Look at meningitis, hydrocephalus and intracranial aneurysms and see how they fit into this weeks topic. • Is there any nursing care that would be different or unique to the above situations? If so, what are they? • What is the medical care for the above problems?

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