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NR601 WK 7 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Practice questions for this set
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Sexual contact with a vulnerable elder without consent
Select the correct term
What is the provider's responsibility if they
1 2Sexual abuse
suspect abuse?
3Who is at risk of developing Alzheimers? 4What are the neuro causes of delirium?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (57)
Physical
Sexual
Neglect
What are the types of elder abuse?
Exploitation
Abandonment
Self-neglect
Physical abuse Causing physical pain or injuring a vulnerable elder
Sexual abuse Sexual contact with a vulnerable elder without consent
Neglect Failing to provide food, shelter, health care or protection
Exploitation Taking funds, property, or assets without legal consent and no benefit to the elder
Abandonment Deserting someone once you have assumed responsibility for that person
Elder fails to perform the needed activities to protect the health and safety (lack of
Self-neglect food/utilities, refuses meds, hoards, lives in unsafe conditions, neglects grooming,
unable to handle finances, isolated, disoriented, drug/ETOH dependence)
Social isolation
Frailty
What are the risk factors of elder abuse? Physical or mental disability
Dependency
Living with others
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What is the provider's responsibility if they Varies amongst states but usually they are legally required to report via 911 or the
suspect abuse? state elder abuse hotline
Acute changes in mental
What are the distinguishing features of status Confusion
delirium? Disorientation (time, place, person)
Agitation u
Confusion, difficulty sustaining and shifting attention, extreme distractibility,
disorganized thinking, rambling, irrelevant, pressured and incoherent speech,
impaired reasoning and ability and goal directed behavior, disorientation to time and
What are the symptoms of delirium?
place; impairment of recent memory; misperception about the environment;
emotional instability, psychomotor activity that fluctuates; dysarthria, dysnomia,
dysgraphia, aphasia, disturbances in sleep-wake cycle, autonomic sxs
Dysarthria Frequent speech and language disturbances
Dysnomia inability to name objects
Dysgraphia difficulty writing
Tachycardia
Sweating
What are the autonomic symptoms of
Flushed
delirium?
face Dilated
pupils
increased
BP
Metabolic
Infection
Heart
Neuro
What causes delirium?
Pulmonary
Sensory impairment
Meds
Toxins
Renal failure
Hepatic failure
Anemia
What are the metabolic causes of delirium? Hypoxia
Low BG
Thiamine deficiency
Electrolyte abnormality
Meningitis
Encephalitis
What are the infectious causes of delirium? Sepsis
UTI
Resp infection
MI
What are the heart causes of delirium? CHF
Arrhythmia
Stroke
ICH
What are the neuro causes of delirium? Head trauma
Seizures
Undiagnosed pain
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NR601 WK 7 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1/7 Study using Learn
Sexual contact with a vulnerable elder without consent
Select the correct term
What is the provider's responsibility if they
1 2Sexual abuse
suspect abuse?
3Who is at risk of developing Alzheimers? 4What are the neuro causes of delirium?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (57)
Physical
Sexual
Neglect
What are the types of elder abuse?
Exploitation
Abandonment
Self-neglect
Physical abuse Causing physical pain or injuring a vulnerable elder
Sexual abuse Sexual contact with a vulnerable elder without consent
Neglect Failing to provide food, shelter, health care or protection
Exploitation Taking funds, property, or assets without legal consent and no benefit to the elder
Abandonment Deserting someone once you have assumed responsibility for that person
Elder fails to perform the needed activities to protect the health and safety (lack of
Self-neglect food/utilities, refuses meds, hoards, lives in unsafe conditions, neglects grooming,
unable to handle finances, isolated, disoriented, drug/ETOH dependence)
Social isolation
Frailty
What are the risk factors of elder abuse? Physical or mental disability
Dependency
Living with others
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, 3/27/25, 7:11 NR601 Wk 7 |
PM
What is the provider's responsibility if they Varies amongst states but usually they are legally required to report via 911 or the
suspect abuse? state elder abuse hotline
Acute changes in mental
What are the distinguishing features of status Confusion
delirium? Disorientation (time, place, person)
Agitation u
Confusion, difficulty sustaining and shifting attention, extreme distractibility,
disorganized thinking, rambling, irrelevant, pressured and incoherent speech,
impaired reasoning and ability and goal directed behavior, disorientation to time and
What are the symptoms of delirium?
place; impairment of recent memory; misperception about the environment;
emotional instability, psychomotor activity that fluctuates; dysarthria, dysnomia,
dysgraphia, aphasia, disturbances in sleep-wake cycle, autonomic sxs
Dysarthria Frequent speech and language disturbances
Dysnomia inability to name objects
Dysgraphia difficulty writing
Tachycardia
Sweating
What are the autonomic symptoms of
Flushed
delirium?
face Dilated
pupils
increased
BP
Metabolic
Infection
Heart
Neuro
What causes delirium?
Pulmonary
Sensory impairment
Meds
Toxins
Renal failure
Hepatic failure
Anemia
What are the metabolic causes of delirium? Hypoxia
Low BG
Thiamine deficiency
Electrolyte abnormality
Meningitis
Encephalitis
What are the infectious causes of delirium? Sepsis
UTI
Resp infection
MI
What are the heart causes of delirium? CHF
Arrhythmia
Stroke
ICH
What are the neuro causes of delirium? Head trauma
Seizures
Undiagnosed pain
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