Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
1. Delerium onset ACUTE, NEW onset
abrupt over short period from hrs to days (possibly weeks)
2. Delirium timing? confusion fluctuates throughout the day
3. causes of CVA
deliri- um? acute medical condition: distsended bladder or constipation
sensory deprivation (poor eyesight)
fever,
infection
actively
dying
adverse rxcn or withdrawal of medication
stroke
hypoxemia
serotonin
syndrome thyroid
dx
4. S/sx of delerium INATTENTION
sleep-wake cycle
disturbance memory
problems psychomotor
retardation agitation
perceptual disturbance/hallucinatons
language disturbance
5. what is the 6. What is a MMSE? What are the 8 categorie
hall- mark within it?
sign of
delirium?
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
inattention
Mini-mental state
examination: USE To
INDICATE presence of
cognitive impair- ment (NOT
DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE)
1. what is the year?
2. where are we?
3. name three objects and
have pt repeat
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
4. serial 7's, or spell world backwards
5. ask for the same 3 objects earlier
6. name a pencil and wrist
watch repeat "no ifs and or
buts" follow a three stage
command
read and obey: close your eyes, write a sentence, copy design.
7. dementia onset slowly over months to years (deterioration in cognition resultin in behavior
problems and impariment of dialy activities. (a decline in 1 or more than 1
cognitive domaine: memory, language, vision, or frontal executive
function)
8. what are possible
alzheimers
causes of demen-
parkinsons
tia motor neuron disease
? medications
trauma
infection
9. s/sx of dementia aphasia
apraxia (inability to preform purposeful actions)
agnosia (inability to interpret sensations)
impairment of occupation or social functioning
severe: incontinence, inability to perform ADLs, inability to speak, wt loss
10. what drugs Alzheimer's Dis- ease
are used for
demen- tia tx?
11. S/sx of
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
cholinesterase inhibitors
antipsychotic drugs: haldol,
seroquel, zyprexa, abilify to
help dec agitationa nd
anxiety
slow onset
deteriorating physical and
mental fxns'
-forgetfulness, getting lost,
wording finding, behaviroal
problems (agitation)
sundowning (sxs worse at
night)
decreased brain VOLUME
TO PASS
1. Delerium onset ACUTE, NEW onset
abrupt over short period from hrs to days (possibly weeks)
2. Delirium timing? confusion fluctuates throughout the day
3. causes of CVA
deliri- um? acute medical condition: distsended bladder or constipation
sensory deprivation (poor eyesight)
fever,
infection
actively
dying
adverse rxcn or withdrawal of medication
stroke
hypoxemia
serotonin
syndrome thyroid
dx
4. S/sx of delerium INATTENTION
sleep-wake cycle
disturbance memory
problems psychomotor
retardation agitation
perceptual disturbance/hallucinatons
language disturbance
5. what is the 6. What is a MMSE? What are the 8 categorie
hall- mark within it?
sign of
delirium?
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
inattention
Mini-mental state
examination: USE To
INDICATE presence of
cognitive impair- ment (NOT
DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE)
1. what is the year?
2. where are we?
3. name three objects and
have pt repeat
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
4. serial 7's, or spell world backwards
5. ask for the same 3 objects earlier
6. name a pencil and wrist
watch repeat "no ifs and or
buts" follow a three stage
command
read and obey: close your eyes, write a sentence, copy design.
7. dementia onset slowly over months to years (deterioration in cognition resultin in behavior
problems and impariment of dialy activities. (a decline in 1 or more than 1
cognitive domaine: memory, language, vision, or frontal executive
function)
8. what are possible
alzheimers
causes of demen-
parkinsons
tia motor neuron disease
? medications
trauma
infection
9. s/sx of dementia aphasia
apraxia (inability to preform purposeful actions)
agnosia (inability to interpret sensations)
impairment of occupation or social functioning
severe: incontinence, inability to perform ADLs, inability to speak, wt loss
10. what drugs Alzheimer's Dis- ease
are used for
demen- tia tx?
11. S/sx of
,Maryville NURS 624 exam 4 CORRECTLY ANSWERED
TO PASS
cholinesterase inhibitors
antipsychotic drugs: haldol,
seroquel, zyprexa, abilify to
help dec agitationa nd
anxiety
slow onset
deteriorating physical and
mental fxns'
-forgetfulness, getting lost,
wording finding, behaviroal
problems (agitation)
sundowning (sxs worse at
night)
decreased brain VOLUME
