NUR 3120 EXAM 3 Questions With
Correct Answers
neurocognitive |disorders |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disorders |resulting |from |changes |in |the |
brain |and |marked |by |disturbances |in |orientation, |memory, |intellect, |judgement, |and |affect
types |of |neurocognitive |disorders |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-delirium
dementia
amnestic |disorders |- |traumatic |brain |injury
misdiagnoses |of |mental |illnesses |in |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-symptoms |
misattributed |to |- |physical |disorders, |normal |aging, |cognitive |impairment, |lack |of |age |
appropriate |diagnostic |criteria
depression |and |anxiety |undertreated
comorbidity |of |somatic |and |psychiatric |illnesses |makes |accurate |diagnosis |more |difficult
4 |D's |of |geropsychiatric |assessment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depression
dementia
delirium
,delusions
difficult |to |differentiate |nursing |problems |or |sort |out |behaviors |related |to |these
coexistence |of |medical |problems |can |exacerbate |behavioral |symptoms
risk |factors |for |suicide |in |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depression
recent |death |of |loved |one
physical |illness, |uncontrollable |pain, |fear |of |prolonged |illness
perceived |poor |health
substance |abuse
social |isolation |and |lonliness
major |changes |in |social |roles |- |retirement
suicide |and |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-talk |about |it |less |but |use |more |violent, |lethal |
means
intentional |deaths |include |excessive |risk |taking, |lack |of |caution |in |management |of |ordinary |
affairs, |refusal |to |eat, |overuse |of |misuse |of |alcohol/drugs, |noncompliance |with |life |sustaining |
medical |regimens
,adaptive |cognitive |responses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-decisiveness
intact |memory |
complete |orientation
accurate |perception
focused |attention
coherent, |logical |thought
maladaptive |cognitive |responses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-may |occur |episodically |or |be |
continual |
may |be |reversible |or |progressive |deterioration |in |functioning |
inability |to |make |decisions
impaired |memory |and |judgment
disorientation
misperceptions
decreased |attention |span
, difficulties |with |logical |reasoning
delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-behavioral |response |to |widespread |disturbances |in |cerebral |
metabolism
involves |sudden |decline |from |previous |level |of |functioning
usually |considered |a |medical |emergency |that |can |lead |to |death |or |permanent |cognitive |
decline |if |not |treated
often |results |from |advanced |age |and |medications |or |medical |procedures
disturbances |caused |by |delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-consciousness
attention
cognition
perception |
motor |ability
cardinal |symptoms |of |delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-inability |to |direct, |focus, |sustain |and |
shift |attention
abrupt |onset |with |clinical |features |that |fluctuate |periods |of |lucidity |
Correct Answers
neurocognitive |disorders |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disorders |resulting |from |changes |in |the |
brain |and |marked |by |disturbances |in |orientation, |memory, |intellect, |judgement, |and |affect
types |of |neurocognitive |disorders |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-delirium
dementia
amnestic |disorders |- |traumatic |brain |injury
misdiagnoses |of |mental |illnesses |in |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-symptoms |
misattributed |to |- |physical |disorders, |normal |aging, |cognitive |impairment, |lack |of |age |
appropriate |diagnostic |criteria
depression |and |anxiety |undertreated
comorbidity |of |somatic |and |psychiatric |illnesses |makes |accurate |diagnosis |more |difficult
4 |D's |of |geropsychiatric |assessment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depression
dementia
delirium
,delusions
difficult |to |differentiate |nursing |problems |or |sort |out |behaviors |related |to |these
coexistence |of |medical |problems |can |exacerbate |behavioral |symptoms
risk |factors |for |suicide |in |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-depression
recent |death |of |loved |one
physical |illness, |uncontrollable |pain, |fear |of |prolonged |illness
perceived |poor |health
substance |abuse
social |isolation |and |lonliness
major |changes |in |social |roles |- |retirement
suicide |and |the |elderly |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-talk |about |it |less |but |use |more |violent, |lethal |
means
intentional |deaths |include |excessive |risk |taking, |lack |of |caution |in |management |of |ordinary |
affairs, |refusal |to |eat, |overuse |of |misuse |of |alcohol/drugs, |noncompliance |with |life |sustaining |
medical |regimens
,adaptive |cognitive |responses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-decisiveness
intact |memory |
complete |orientation
accurate |perception
focused |attention
coherent, |logical |thought
maladaptive |cognitive |responses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-may |occur |episodically |or |be |
continual |
may |be |reversible |or |progressive |deterioration |in |functioning |
inability |to |make |decisions
impaired |memory |and |judgment
disorientation
misperceptions
decreased |attention |span
, difficulties |with |logical |reasoning
delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-behavioral |response |to |widespread |disturbances |in |cerebral |
metabolism
involves |sudden |decline |from |previous |level |of |functioning
usually |considered |a |medical |emergency |that |can |lead |to |death |or |permanent |cognitive |
decline |if |not |treated
often |results |from |advanced |age |and |medications |or |medical |procedures
disturbances |caused |by |delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-consciousness
attention
cognition
perception |
motor |ability
cardinal |symptoms |of |delirium |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-inability |to |direct, |focus, |sustain |and |
shift |attention
abrupt |onset |with |clinical |features |that |fluctuate |periods |of |lucidity |
