Nurs 4500 - cognitive disorders questions and answers
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Nurs 4500
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Nurs 4500
Nurs 4500 - cognitive disorders questions and answers
cognitive disorders -Correct Answer-delirium
neurocognitive disorder/dementia
what are cognitive disorders -Correct Answer-disorders in which a clinically significant deficit in cognition or memory exists, representing a significant change ...
what are cognitive disorders -Correct Answer-disorders in which a clinically significant deficit in cognition
or memory exists, representing a significant change from a previous level of functioning
why are cognitive disorders more prevalent -Correct Answer-we are living longer
early onset -Correct Answer-genetic component
autosomial dominant trait
can develop as early as your 30s
cognition -Correct Answer-involves the brains ability to process, retain and use information
cognitive abilities include -Correct Answer-reasoning
judgement
perception
attention
comprehension
memory
dispruption in these functions impairs ones ability to make decisions, solve problems, interpret the
environment and learn new information
Delirium -Correct Answer-characterized by a disturbance in level of awareness and a change in cognition
resulting in inattention, disorganized thinking and fluctuating mental status
- develops rapidly over a short period
, - caused by an underlying physicological problem : infection, fever , imblance ..
- usually begins abrubtly
- slower onset if underlying etiology is systemic illness or metabolic imblance
- duration is brief and subsides completely on recovery form underlying determinant (hours- days)
4 cardinal features of delirium -Correct Answer-1. acute onset and fluctuation in course
2. inattention
3. disorganized thinking
4. disturbance of consiousness
causes or contributing factors for delirium -Correct Answer-delirium is always secondary to another
physiological condition
symptoms of delirium -Correct Answer-- difficulty sustaining and shifting attention
- extreme distractibility
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