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Central Nervous System Disorders
Increased Intracranial Pressure
 The one common denominator for traumatic brain injury,
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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?
 What is the worst case scenario for the patient with IICP?
 What are the nursing interventions that can promote
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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?
 What would your nursing interventions be to prevent each of
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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?