Nursing Studies - Clinical Skills: Neurological Disorders

Course description

This free online nursing studies course is teaches you about the clinical care of patients with neurological disorders. It will teach you the function and structure of the central nervous system, the symptoms, disorders and treatments associated with various neurological disorders, as well as teaching you the related assessments and how to accurately evaluate a patient's vital signs, mental status, sensory functions, and level of consciousness.

"The nervous system has three major subdivisions. These are the central nervous system(CNS), the peripheral nervous system(PNS), the autonomic nervous system (ANS). This course will teach you the physiology of the central nervous system. You will study the anatomy and function of spinal nerves and learn how to use a standardized neurological assessment scale, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS). This course will also discuss the different types of diagnostic procedures used to evaluate cranial, spinal, and brain injuries.

You will then study the basic principles of unconscious patient care and learn to identify, observe, and record a patient's vital signs and level of consciousness. Infectious neurological diseases usually render a patient acutely ill. This course will discuss the different types of infectious neurological diseases, cranial nerve disorders, and degenerative neurological diseases. It will also teach you the medical and nursing management of seizures associated with cranial disorders, as well as the stages of treatment for degenerative neurological diseases.

Neurological disorders are diseases of the brain, spine, and the nerves that connect them. By the end of this course you will have gained an in-depth understanding of the function of the central nervous system and the structures of the brain and the spinal cord. You will also have closely studied the different types of infectious neurological diseases, cranial nerve disorders, degenerative nervous system disorders. This is important knowledge that can bring your nursing skills to the next level. So why wait? Start your next learning journey, today."