Nurses review notes on Neurological Disorders

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Nurses review notes on Neurological Disorders:
1. Review of Anatomic & Physiologic Overview of Nervous system,
2. Disorder in the cellular (NEU... (More) Nurses review notes on Neurological Disorders:
1. Review of Anatomic & Physiologic Overview of Nervous system,
2. Disorder in the cellular (NEURON) structures, environment, nerve impulse transmission:
a. Seizure – Epilepsy,
b. Myasthania Gravis (MG),
c. Multiple Sclerosis (MS),
d. Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS),
3. Degenerative Disorders affecting the Neurotransmitters:
a. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),
b. Parkinson’s disease,
c. Huntington’s disease,
d. Alzheimers’s disease,
3. Disorders affecting the CEREBRAL VESSELS, CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW, CSF FLOW:
A. Arterio Venous Malformation,
B. Cerebral Aneurysm (CA),
C. Brain Attack/ CVA,
D. Traumatic Brain Attack (TBI),
E. Cerebral Palsy (CP),
F. Hydrocephalus,
G. *Brain Tumors,
4. Disorders affecting the CRANIAL NERVES, PHERIPHERAL NERVES & SPINAL CORD:
A. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI),
B. Trigeminal Neuralgia,
C. Bell’s Palsy,
D. Erb’s Duchenne’s Muscular Syndrome,
E. Neural Tube defects,
a. Meningocele,
b. Myelomeningocele,
F. Spina Bifida,


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