MARYVILLE NURS 623 EXAM 4
1. What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury: If
taking Blood Thinners
2. Define delirium: Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to
days, re- versible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion
3. Define Dementia: Various causes, gradual change with mental status,
months to years, progressive to irreversible (speech, memory, mood,
judgment)
4. An older adult with delirium would present with what type of
behaviors?-
: Agitation and restlessness
5. At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be
initi- ated?: Cholinesterase inhibitors
6. what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls?: History of
falls medications
Vision impairment
heart rate/rhythm
abnormalities footwear
issues
home
environment
gait/mobility
issues poor
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, reflexes
7. What is the primary reason people have long term effects after a Stroke:
- living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to prolonged
stroke symptoms and long term effects
8. S/S of an Absense Seizure: Blank stare (upward rotation of eye)
9. Red Flags of back/neck pain:
Incontinence Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt
loss Long term
steroids Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local
pain No comfy
Position
10.Diagnosing of Alzheimer's: Impaired ability to learn new info along
with a disturbance in language, function, or perception
11.S/S of Alzheimer's: *C/O memory problems
* ‘ cognitive difficulty
* ‘ slow response to cognitive challenge
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1. What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury: If
taking Blood Thinners
2. Define delirium: Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to
days, re- versible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion
3. Define Dementia: Various causes, gradual change with mental status,
months to years, progressive to irreversible (speech, memory, mood,
judgment)
4. An older adult with delirium would present with what type of
behaviors?-
: Agitation and restlessness
5. At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be
initi- ated?: Cholinesterase inhibitors
6. what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls?: History of
falls medications
Vision impairment
heart rate/rhythm
abnormalities footwear
issues
home
environment
gait/mobility
issues poor
1/6
, reflexes
7. What is the primary reason people have long term effects after a Stroke:
- living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to prolonged
stroke symptoms and long term effects
8. S/S of an Absense Seizure: Blank stare (upward rotation of eye)
9. Red Flags of back/neck pain:
Incontinence Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt
loss Long term
steroids Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local
pain No comfy
Position
10.Diagnosing of Alzheimer's: Impaired ability to learn new info along
with a disturbance in language, function, or perception
11.S/S of Alzheimer's: *C/O memory problems
* ‘ cognitive difficulty
* ‘ slow response to cognitive challenge
2/6
