Question

Complete the ICP questions and upload in week 4: Activity
What is increase intracranial pressure?
What causes an increase in intracranial pressure?
What clinical presentations should the nurse expect to find in a client with increased ICP?
Diagnostic or laboratory studies?
How is the ICP monitor?
Once you identified the causes, what are the intervention to decrease ICP?
List Nursing Intervention to decrease ICP

Answer 1

1) Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a rise in pressure around your brain. It may be due to an increase in the amount of fluid surrounding your brain.
2) 1. Aneurysm rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
2. Brain tumor.
3. Encephalitis irritation and swelling, or inflammation, of the brain)
4. Head injury.
5. Hydrocephalus (increased fluid around the brain)
6. Hypertensive brain hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain from high blood pressure)
3) Increased ICP is when the pressure inside a person's skull increases. When this happens suddenly, it is a medical emergency. The most common cause of high ICP is a blow to the head. The main symptoms are headache, confusion, decreased alertness, and nausea.
4) An MRI or CT scan of the head can usually determine the cause of increased intracranial pressure and confirm the diagnosis. Intracranial pressure may be measured during a spinal tap (lumbar puncture).
5) Intracranial pressure (ICP)monitoring
uses a device placed inside the head. The monitor senses the pressure inside the skull and sends measurements to a recording device.
6) Interventions to lower or stabilize ICP include elevating the head of the bed to thirty degrees, keeping the neck in a neutral position, maintaining a normal body temperature, and preventing volume overload. The patient must be stabilized before transport to radiology for brain imaging.
7) Nursing Interventions to lower or stabilize ICP include elevating the head of the bed to thirty degrees, keeping the neck in a neutral position, maintaining a normal body temperature, and preventing volume overload. The patient must be stabilized before transport to radiology for brain imaging.