Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4
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What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury - correct
answer...✔✔If taking Blood Thinners
Define Dementia - correct answer...✔✔Various causes, gradual change
with mental status, months to years, progressive to irreversible (speech,
memory, mood, judgment)
An older adult with delirium would present with what type of behaviors? -
correct answer...✔✔Agitation and restlessness
At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be
initiated? - correct answer...✔✔Cholinesterase inhibitors
what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls? - correct
answer...✔✔History of falls
medications
vision impairment
heart rate/rhythm abnormalities
footwear issues
home environment
gait/mobility issues
poor reflexes
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, What is the primary reason people have long term effects after a Stroke -
correct answer...✔✔living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to
prolonged stroke symptoms and long term effects
S/S of an Absense Seizure - correct answer...✔✔Blank stare (upward
rotation of eye)
Red Flags of back/neck pain - correct answer...✔✔Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position
Diagnosing of Alzheimer's - correct answer...✔✔Impaired ability to learn
new info along with a disturbance in language, function, or perception
S/S of Alzheimer's - correct answer...✔✔*C/O memory problems
* ↑ cognitive difficulty
* ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
*Word-finding difficulty
* ↑ difficulty with simple tasks
cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)? - correct answer...✔✔*T-remor at
rest (or pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances
What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of? - correct
answer...✔✔Parkinson's
A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement would cause
the most concern? - correct answer...✔✔It's the worst headache I've ever
had
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