FINAL EXAM NRP 1 2024-2025 |ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS ) ALREADY
GRADED A+ (PASS GUARANTEED)
What is confusion? - ANSWER-Difficulty remembering, learning,
following directions, and communicating.
What can confusion interfere with? - ANSWER-Dignity, independence,
personality, support system, diagnosis, and treatment.
What can cause confusion? - ANSWER-Delirium, dementia, or other
reversible conditions.
What is delirium? - ANSWER-Acute state of confusion caused by
underlying biologic or psychological factors.
What are some causes of delirium? - ANSWER-Stroke, tumors,
infection, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, etc.
What can happen if delirium is untreated? - ANSWER-Coma or death.
How should delirium be assessed? - ANSWER-Using a validated tool
like the confusion assessment method (CAM).
What is dementia? - ANSWER-Permanent condition characterized by
cognitive deficits.
,What does dementia affect? - ANSWER-Memory, intellectual
functioning, and problem-solving.
What are the similarities between dementia, delirium, and depression?
- ANSWER-Similar cognitive losses.
What is Alzheimer's disease? - ANSWER-Most common form of
dementia, loss of neurons in frontal and temporal lobes.
What are some characteristics of Alzheimer's disease? – ANSWER-
Inability to process and integrate new information, retrieve memory.
What is subjective data? - ANSWER-Information obtained verbally
from the patient.
What are some examples of subjective data? - ANSWER-Headache,
tingling in the feet, shoulder pain.
What is objective data? - ANSWER-Information obtained through
senses or physical examination.
What are some examples of objective data? - ANSWER-Signs seen,
heard, measured, or felt during assessment.
What is an example of objective data? - ANSWER-Observed inability
to grasp a glass with the left hand or support the body when standing.
, What is charting by exception? - ANSWER-Assuming all standards
are met unless documented otherwise.
What is the goal of charting by exception? - ANSWER-Decrease
lengthy narrative entries and highlight abnormal data.
What is therapeutic communication? - ANSWER-Communication
focused on patient's needs.
How do we use silence in therapeutic communication? – ANSWER-
Gives patient time to think and respond.
What are open-ended questions in therapeutic communication? -
ANSWER-Requires more than a word or two answer.
What is restating in therapeutic communication? – ANSWER-
Encourages patient to continue with information on the topic.
How do we use reflecting in therapeutic communication? – ANSWER-
Reflecting patient's words back to them.
When should restating and reflecting be used? - ANSWER-Sparingly
and skillfully.
What is clarifying in therapeutic communication? - ANSWER-Verifying
that the message heard was what the patient intended.
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