Most nurses recall the class in anatomy and physiology when we learned the great common
memory aid, “On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops” in an
effort to learn the names of the 12 cranial nerves. For many of us, that moment was
one of the last times we gave cranial nerves any thought. However, with diagnoses
such as head injury and stroke continuing to rank highly on the morbidity and mortality
charts, the ability of an emergency nurse to identify and monitor symptoms of neurologic
dysfunction has become ever more critical. Trying to remember what functions are to
be assessed with each nerve is enough to cause many registered nurses in the emergency
department to break out in a cold sweat. The good news is that a full assessment can
be performed quickly with a single stick of gum.
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Reference
- Mosby's Handbook of Anatomy & Physiology.Mosby, St Louis, MO2000
Biography
Jeff Strickler, Member, Heart of Carolina Chapter, is Director, Emergency Services, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC.
Biography
Alberto Bonifacio, Member, Heart of Carolina Chapter, is Clinical Nurse III, Emergency Services, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 25, 2009
Accepted:
November 24,
2009
Received:
November 23,
2009
Footnotes
☆Section Editors: Reneé S. Holleran, APRN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CTRN, CFRN, FAEN, FNP-BC and Andrew Harding, RN, MS, CEN, NEA-BC, FAHA
☆☆Submit descriptions of procedures in emergency care and/or quick-reference charts suitable for placing in a reference file or notebook to
☆☆Reneé S. Holleran, APRN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CTRN, CFRN, CTRN, FAEN, FNP-BC
☆☆or
☆☆Andrew Harding, RN, MS, CEN, NEA-BC, FAHA
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