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NUR 2755 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) MDC 4 FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE ANSWERS 100% CORRECT

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NUR 2755 MDC 4 FINAL EXAM
1. Alzheimer's Mild Stage
Answer

-Forgets names; misplaces household items
-Has short-term memory loss and difficulty recalling new information
-Shows subtle changes in personality and behavior


2. Alzheimer's Moderate Stage
Answer

-Is disoriented to time, place, and event
-Has difficulty driving and gets lost
-Incontinent
-Psychotic behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia
-Episodes of wandering, trouble sleeping


3. Alzheimer's Late Stage

Answer

-Totally incapacitated; bedridden
-Totally dependent in ADLs
-Has agnosia
-Hallucinations
-Incontinence
-Difficulty eating


4. Apraxia

,Answer

Difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements



5. Aphasia
Answer

Inability to speak or understand language



6. Anomia
Answer

Inability to recall the names of everyday objects



7. Agnosia

Answer

Loss of sensory comprehension, including facial recognition



8. Alzheimer's diagnostics
Answer

-No laboratory test can confirm the diagnosis of AD



-Definitive diagnosis is made on the basis of brain tissue examination at autopsy, which
confirms the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques

9. Alzheimer's medications
Answer

,Cholinesterase inhibitors- Donepezil, galantamine



NMDA receptor antagonists- Memantine


10. Parkinson's symptoms
Answer

-Slow, shuffling, and propulsive gait



-RESTING tremors
-Muscle rigidity
-Bradykinesia/akinesia (loss of ability to move muscles voluntarily)
-Mask Like face
-Drooling
-Postural instability


11. Parkinson's diagnostics

Answer

-Diagnosis typically made based on manifestations, their progression, and by ruling out other
disease



-Analysis of CSF may show a decrease in dopamine levels


12. Parkinson's medications

Answer

Carbidopa/Levodopa (Sinemet)



13. Parkinson's surgical interventions

, Answer

Stereotactic pallidotomy or thalamotomy



14. Migraine triggers

Answer

-Caffeine



-Red wine

-MSG
-Foods high in tyramine (aged cheeses, cultured food like yogurt)


15. Migraine abortive therapy
Answer

Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, triptans, ergotamine derivatives



16. Migraine preventative therapy
Answer

Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, antiepileptics, Botox



17. Migraine surgical treatment

Answer

Trigeminal nerve resection



18. Aura symptoms

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