1. Define the below terms as it relates to the neurologic system.
Definition
Clonus
Extinction
Myoclonus
Spasticity
Tremor
2. What nursing interventions are appropriate for a postsurgical patient after receiving general anesthesia?
3. Describe the difference between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors?
a. Give an example of each.
b. Discuss the difference in nursing interventions.
4. Describe the difference between atypical antidepressants and mood stabilizers.
a. Give an example of each.
b. Discuss the difference in nursing interventions.
5. What are the drugs of choice for epilepsy in pregnant women?
a. What is the mechanism of action for those drugs?
b. What is one contraindication?
c. What is an appropriate nursing diagnosis?
6. What nursing interventions are appropriate for an epileptic pregnant woman?
7. What nursing education should you give to the patient and their family?
8. Name a medication used to treat ADHD.
a. What is that medication’s mechanism of action?
b. What is one contraindication?
c. What is an appropriate nursing intervention?
9. How could you differentiate between addiction and pseudo-addiction in patients who are taking medications for
ADHD?
10. How could you differentiate between addiction and pseudo-addiction in patients who are taking opioids?
11. Describe the parasympathetic nervous system.
12. Describe the sympathetic nervous system.
13. For each generalized seizure state the medication used for treatment and a nursing intervention. Note: some
seizures can be treated using the same medication, however you should list a different medication for each.
Seizure Medication Nursing Intervention
Absence seizures
Status epilepticus
Tonic clonic
Partial seizures
14. Describe Parkinson’s disease.
15. What two main classes of medications are used for treatment of Parkinson’s disease? Give an example of each
