Neuropsychologic triggers - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

neuropsychologic triggers correct answers Inflammatory processes, infections, and host immune responses cause chronic neurologic damage -Different pathogens directly trigger neurotoxic pathways and are risk factors for neurogenic disease -Can be organic such as through genetics -Can be external such as DM, HTN, insulin resistance, obesity, metabolic syndrome, attention deficit disorders, depression schizophrenia, autism, psychosis -Can be infections HIV, syphillis, toxoplasmosis -Toxoplasma...

NURS 5334 Pharmacology Exam 3 Study Guide • What drugs are used to treat gestational diabetes? o Metformin and Insulin • What A1C value indicates diabetes mellitus? Pre-DM? o 6.5% or greater is considered diabetes o 5.7-6.4% pre-diabetes • What fasting and random values indicate DM? o Fasting plasma glucose—126 or greater is diabetes o Random (casual) plasma glucose—anything greater than 200 is diabetes • What are complications of insulin therapy? o Hypoglycemia o Can deve...

VNR 507 Week 7: Behavioral, Neurologic, and Digestive Disorders - Discussion Part Two Discussion Part Two (graded) Your patient is a 77-year-old woman who has been more socially withdrawn lately and told her daughter she had not been feeling well. Her daughter has noticed a stepwise decline. While shopping for groceries with her daughter she became separated from daughter in the aisles. She became confused and angry when store employees and others tried to assist her. Her current medicatio...

NURSE-UN 240 A&E I– FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WEEK 6 TO 10 Latest updated 2022 WEEK 6 – PAIN; SLEEP PAIN What is Pain? - “Whatever the person experiencing pain says it is” - “Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” - Subjective: patient’s experience and self-report is essential Nature of pain - Involves physical, emotional, cognitive components - Subjective & individualized - Reduces quality of life - Not measurable...

NURSE-UN 240 A&E I– FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WEEK 6 TO10 Latest updated 2022 WEEK 6 – PAIN; SLEEP PAIN What is Pain? - “Whatever the person experiencing pain says it is” - “Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” - Subjective: patient’s experience and self-report is essential Nature of pain - Involves physical, emotional, cognitive components - Subjective & individualized - Reduces quality of life - Not measurable o...

Exam (elaborations) NR 507 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY WEEK TD2 Behavioral, Neurologic, And Digestive Disorders Discussion Part Two Discussion Part Two (graded) Responses Lorna Durfee 6/13/2016 2:50:10 PM Discussion Part Two Your patient is a 77-year-old woman who has been more socially withdrawn lately and told her daughter she had not been feeling well. Her daughter has noticed a stepwise decline. While shopping for groceries with her daughter, she became separated from daughter in the aisles....

Exam (elaborations) NR 507 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY WEEK 7 TD1 Behavioral, Neurologic, And Digestive Disorders Discussion Part One 1 Analyze pathophysiologic mechanisms associated with selected disease states. (PO 1) 2 Differentiate the epidemiology, etiology, developmental considerations, pathogenesis, and clinical and laboratory manifestations of specific disease processes. (PO 1) 3 Examine the way in which homeostatic, adaptive, and compensatory physiological mechanisms can be supported...