NURS 497 Actual Exam with Questions and Answers

NURS 497 Actual Exam with Questions and Answers What is aphasia? ANSWER loss of ability to express and comprehend spoken and written language -social withdrawal -loss of ability to communicate in a second language -misunderstandings -inability to communicate needs What is apraxia? ANSWER loss of ability to initiate purposeful movement -difficulty understanding terms such as back, front, up, down -difficulty performing ADLs -inability to perform previously learned tasks What is agnosia? ANSWER inability to recognize common objects or faces of familiar people (includes ones own face) -using wrong objects -suspiciousness -mistaking self in the mirror for someone else What is altered perception? ANSWER misinterpretation of sensory information, loss of depth perception, visual distortions -fear when walking down stairs or sitting down