Cranial Nerve Assesment

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Does anyone have an easy way to remember the steps of a cranial nerve assessment! It's seems so long I don't know if I could ever remember it!

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I remembered it in an hour with the pictures from an mnemonic picture book. There is a video on YouTube that has the pictures. Search " nurse nacole cranial nerves" hope that helps

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
this is a link with some quizzes re: the cranial nerves

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bi...n/cranqzr2.htm

and this is from wikipedia - to help with the mnemonics and for sensory, motor, or both:

main article: list of mnemonics for the cranial nerves

as the list is important to keep in mind during the examination of the nervous system, there are many mnemonic devices in circulation to help remember the names and order of the cranial nerves. because the mind recalls rhymes well, the best mnemonics often use rhyming schemes. examples are:

  • on old olympus towering tops, a finn and german viewed some hops.
  • old opie occasionally tries trigonometry and feels very gloomy, vague, and hypoactive
  • on occasion our trusty truck acts funny. very good vehicle any how.

another to help remember the types of information these nerves carry (sensory, motor, or both) is thus:

  • some say money matters, but my brother says big brains matter more.

Here is a thread about them....https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/mnemonic-cranial-nerves-47620-page17.html It's old but the cranial nerves haven't changed.
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moved for imporved response :)

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I posted a youtube video on the subject. part 1 for overview and mnemonic, part 2 for specific function. Hope this helps.

part 1:

part 2:

Just type in Youtube - "how to remember cranial nerves"

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Does anyone have an easy way to remember the steps of a cranial nerve assessment! It's seems so long I don't know if I could ever remember it!

On old Olympus' towering tops a friendly Viking grows vines and hops.

Some say money matter but my brother says big brains matter most.

Those are the names and what they do.

As far as the assessment: until you get comfortable move from I to XII in order.

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I remember it as

Old Oliver Often Traveled Through Arches For Very Good Vacations and Holidays

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Thanks everybody! I really like the # picture!!

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