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Demetias and Related Disorders QUIZ 22 Unitek LVN Term 1
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DEMETIAS AND RELATED DISORDERSQUIZ 22 UNITEK LVN TERM 1
l(Confusion) What are impairments of mental functions? - Poor Judgment, Impaired memory,
disorientation (to time, place, situation, or person), difficulty making decisions, disorderly thought
process
When someone has dementia, is there long term or short term memory more affected? - They lose short
term memory, and still are able to remember long term memories
What is Confabulation? - when someone is fabricating stories, or making up stories.
What is hallucination? - False, fixed sensory experience.
(visual, auditory)
What is Alzheimer's disease? - Alzheimer's disease is a form or cause of dementia that is a progressive
disorder in which the brain atrophy's (shrinks)
(Delirium) is... - Acute brain system usually temporary with delusion
(delusion is a false belief)
(Delirium) The nurses responds to a delirious client saying they is a snake under their bed. - "I know
you're frightened, and I don't see snakes under the bed, but I will stay here with you".
Delirium vs Dementia - 1. Delirium- Acute, dramatic onset, common causes= illness, toxin, withdrawal,
usually reversible. Poor attention and fluctuating arousal level, temporary
2. Dementia: Chronic, insidious onset, usually not reversible, attention usually unaffected and normal
arousal level, relentless, constant, continuous
Anxiety vs Fear - anxiety has an unknown or unrecognized source, wheras fear is a reaction to a specific
threat.
fear- specific fear and afraid of something they can identify
What happens in the early stages of dementia? - changes are insidious, gradual, and cumulative
What data is most likely to expect to collect from client with alzheiumer's disease? - disorientation
Homocysteine - amino acid
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