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Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4 – Questions With Complete Solutions What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury Define delirium Define Dementia An older adult with delirium would present with what type of behaviors? At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should ...

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Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4 – Questions With
Complete Solutions

1). What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury

 Ans: If taking Blood Thinners


2). Define delirium

 Ans: Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days, reversible, hallucinations,
incoherent speech, confusion


3). Define dementia

 Ans: Various causes, gradual change with mental status, months to years, progressive
to irreversible (speech, memory, mood, judgment)


4). An older adult with delirium would present with what type of behaviors?

 Ans: Agitation and restlessness


5). At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated?

 Ans: Cholinesterase inhibitors


6). What factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls?

 Ans: History of falls
medications
vision impairment
heart rate/rhythm abnormalities
footwear issues
home environment
gait/mobility issues
poor reflexes


7). What is the primary reason people have long term effects after a stroke




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,  Ans: living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to prolonged stroke
symptoms and long term effects


8). S/s of an absense seizure

 Ans: Blank stare (upward rotation of eye)


9). Red flags of back/neck pain

 Ans: Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position


10). Diagnosing of alzheimer's

 Ans: Impaired ability to learn new info along with a disturbance in language, function,
or perception


11). S/s of alzheimer's

 Ans: *C/O memory problems
* ↑ cognitive difficulty
* ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
*Word-finding difficulty
* ↑ difficulty with simple tasks


12). Cardinal features of parkinson's (trap)?

 Ans: *T-remor at rest (or pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances


13). What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of?




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