NUR 611 Exam 2/ 122 Quizzes with Definitive
Solutions.
What are the onset of delirium and dementia? - Answer: Delirium - acute and
common during hospitalization
Dementia - usually insidious and can be acute in situations such as trauma or
stroke
What conditions are associated with delirium? - Answer: UTI, thyroid disorders,
hypoxia, hypoglycemia, toxicity, fluid-electrolyte imbalance, renal insufficiency,
trauma, multiple medications
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,What conditions are associated with dementia? - Answer: May have no other
conditions
What is the course of delirium? - Answer: Fluctuates and remits with treatment
What is the course with dementia? - Answer: chronic slow decline
What is the duration of delirium? - Answer: Hours to weeks
What is the duration of dementia? - Answer: Months to years
What sleep-wake cycle is noted with delirium? - Answer: disrupted
What sleep-wake cycle is noted with dementia? - Answer: Usually normal or
frgmented
What is the alertness and orientation with delirium? - Answer: impaired
What is the alertness and orientation with dementia? - Answer: Normal alertness
and intact early, but impaired later
What behavior is associated with delirium? - Answer: Agitation,
withdrawn/depressed
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, What makes up the autonomic nervous system? - Answer: Sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system
What is the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for? - Answer:
Conserving energy and the body's resources
What is the sympathetic nervous system responsible for? - Answer:
Catecholamine release - Epinephrine
Mobilizing energy stores and decreasing release of insulin
Redistributing blood low - Increasing to muscles and lungs (flight) and decreasing
to GI/Integumentary
What are the classifications of primary brain injury? - Answer: Focal or diffuse
What are focal brain injuries? - Answer: Specific, grossly observable lesions that
occur in a precise location
What are examples of focal brain injuries? - Answer: Epidural hemorrhage and
subdural hemorrhage
What are examples of diffuse brain injuries? - Answer: Hypoxia, meningitis,
encephalitis, and damage to blood vessels
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Solutions.
What are the onset of delirium and dementia? - Answer: Delirium - acute and
common during hospitalization
Dementia - usually insidious and can be acute in situations such as trauma or
stroke
What conditions are associated with delirium? - Answer: UTI, thyroid disorders,
hypoxia, hypoglycemia, toxicity, fluid-electrolyte imbalance, renal insufficiency,
trauma, multiple medications
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,What conditions are associated with dementia? - Answer: May have no other
conditions
What is the course of delirium? - Answer: Fluctuates and remits with treatment
What is the course with dementia? - Answer: chronic slow decline
What is the duration of delirium? - Answer: Hours to weeks
What is the duration of dementia? - Answer: Months to years
What sleep-wake cycle is noted with delirium? - Answer: disrupted
What sleep-wake cycle is noted with dementia? - Answer: Usually normal or
frgmented
What is the alertness and orientation with delirium? - Answer: impaired
What is the alertness and orientation with dementia? - Answer: Normal alertness
and intact early, but impaired later
What behavior is associated with delirium? - Answer: Agitation,
withdrawn/depressed
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, What makes up the autonomic nervous system? - Answer: Sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system
What is the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for? - Answer:
Conserving energy and the body's resources
What is the sympathetic nervous system responsible for? - Answer:
Catecholamine release - Epinephrine
Mobilizing energy stores and decreasing release of insulin
Redistributing blood low - Increasing to muscles and lungs (flight) and decreasing
to GI/Integumentary
What are the classifications of primary brain injury? - Answer: Focal or diffuse
What are focal brain injuries? - Answer: Specific, grossly observable lesions that
occur in a precise location
What are examples of focal brain injuries? - Answer: Epidural hemorrhage and
subdural hemorrhage
What are examples of diffuse brain injuries? - Answer: Hypoxia, meningitis,
encephalitis, and damage to blood vessels
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