Pediatrics Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Noted increase in blood pressure or proteinuria, onset of headache, visual disturbances, epigastric pain. In the older adult, age-related hypertension and neuron loss contribute to the risk of stroke. Prevention and early treatment of cerebrovascular events, as well as effects of those events on various patient populations, is discussed.
Case studies examine nursing management of clients with a variety of neurologic insults.
By the completion of this unit of study, the student will Identify signs and symptoms that indicate a change in neurological status. Select appropriate interventions for a patient with increasing intracranial pressure. Recognize normal and abnormal intracranial pressure waveforms. Plan nursing care for a patient with increased intracranial pressure following an ischemic stroke. Define neurological brain death.