07.04 Supratentorial Herniation and Glasgow Coma Scale for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Supratentorial herniation
- Brain shifts down within the skull
- Symptoms include a change in LOC
- Assessed with the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Score based on level of response
- Max score is 15, minimum score is 3
- Eye Opening
- Spontaneous (4)
- To verbal (3)
- To pain (2)
- None (1)
- Verbal Response
- Oriented (5)
- Confused (4)
- Inappropriate (3)
- Incomprehensible (2)
- None (1)
- Motor
- Obeys commands (6)
- Purposeful movement with pain stimuli – has to cross midline (5)
- Withdraws with painful stimuli (4)
- Flexion in response to painful stimuli (decorticate) (3)
- Extension in response to painful stimuli (decerebrate) (2)
- None (1)
- Eye Opening
- Max score is 15, minimum score is 3
- For supratentorial herniation, pay attention to the eyes
- Eyes
- Pupils dilate in supratentorial herniation
- Eyes
- Score based on level of response
- Hyperventilation occurs
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- Causes alkalosis
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- Assessed with the Glasgow Coma Scale
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.