NCLEX Review & Nursing School

ANEURYSM

– outpouching of a vessel

Types of Cerebral Aneurysm:

• SACULAR (BERRY)
• FUSIFORM
• MYCOTIC

CAUSES OF ANERYSM INCLUDES:

Congenital, Atherosclerosis, Trauma

• PERSON CAN BE ASYMPTOMATIC, UNI ANEURYSM, RUPTURES.
• HEMORRHAGIC STROKE.-  Aneurysm does not rupture, but bleeds.

ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS:

• HEADACHES *(SEVERE SUDDEN HEADACHES)
• VOMITING
• PTOSIS
• DIPLOPIA
• DECREASED LOC

INTERVENTIONS:

• SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS
• ASSESS LOC AND NEUROLOGICAL STATUS
• CORTICOSTEROIDS (DEXAMETHASONE) reduce inflammation
• ANTICONVULSANTS (reduce risk of seizures)
• STOOL SOFTENER (reduce straining)