Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury - Correct Answers If taking Blood Thinners Define delirium - Correct Answers Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days, reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion Define Dementia - Correct Answers Various causes, gradual change with mental status, months to years, progressive to irreversible (speech, memory, mood, judgment) An older adult with delirium would present with what type of behaviors? - Correct Answers Agitation and restlessness At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated? - Correct Answers Cholinesterase inhibitors what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls? - Correct Answers History of falls medications vision impairment heart rate/rhythm abnormalities footwear issues home environment gait/mobility issues poor reflexes What is the primary reason people have long term effects after a Stroke - Correct Answers living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to prolonged stroke symptoms and long term effects S/S of an Absense Seizure - Correct Answers Blank stare (upward rotation of eye) Red Flags of back/neck pain - Correct Answers Incontinence Fever 1 / 2
Cancers Unexplained wt loss Long term steroids Trauma IV drug abuse Intense local pain No comfy Position Diagnosing of Alzheimer's - Correct Answers Impaired ability to learn new info along with a disturbance in language, function, or perception S/S of Alzheimer's - Correct Answers *C/O memory problems
- ↑ cognitive difficulty
- ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
- ↑ difficulty with simple tasks
- jaw claudication (pain with chewing)
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*Word-finding difficulty
cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)? - Correct Answers *T-remor at rest (or pill rolling) *R-igidity *A-kinesia/Bradykinesia *P-ostural Disturbances What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of? - Correct Answers Parkinson's A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement would cause the most concern? - Correct Answers It's the worst headache I've ever had the headache from a subdural hematoma is of venous origin, typically resulting from ahead injury that is usually mild and easily forgotten by the patient. - Correct Answers Temporal arteritis s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis - Correct Answers * unilateral HA (temporal artery, orbital)