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NUR 448- Psych- EXAM 3- Units 8-9
Study Guide Solutions
Cognition: - Ans:✔✔--Distinguishes living from existing.
-Cognition is the ability to make the connection between things.
-Cognitive processing impacts our activities of daily living.
-Cognition involves learning and memory.
-Loss of these abilities is common in neurocognitive disorders.
Cognitive impairment: - Ans:✔✔--A range of disturbances in cognitive functioning.
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-Diagnosis depends on assessment of cognitive function and a complete mental status examination.
Types of neurocognitive disorders (NCDs): - Ans:✔✔--Delirium
-Alzheimer's dementia
-Frontotemporal lobe disease
-Lewy bodies
-Vascular dementia
-Traumatic brain injury
-HIV related dementia
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-Parksinson's disease
-Huntington's disease
Most common dementia= - Ans:✔✔-Alzheimer's
~the longer you live, the higher the risk (after age 85, 50% increase risk)
Second most common dementia= - Ans:✔✔-vascular dementia
What is the #1 cause of delirium? - Ans:✔✔-UTI
Cognitive impairment problem areas: - Ans:✔✔--Attention span
-Concentration
-Intelligence
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-Judgment
-Learning ability
-Memory
-Orientation
-Perception
-Problem solving
-Psychomotor ability
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