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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 EXAM1. 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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