Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4Test Questions and Answers 2024/25
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What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury - correct answer
If taking Blood Thinners
Define delirium - correct answer Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours
to days, reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion
Define Dementia - correct answer Various ca...
Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4Test Questions and Answers
2024/25
What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury - correct answer ✔
If taking Blood Thinners
Define delirium - correct answer ✔ Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours
to days, reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion
Define Dementia - correct answer ✔ 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
answer ✔ Agitation and restlessness
At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated? -
correct answer ✔ Cholinesterase inhibitors
what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls? - correct answer ✔
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
answer ✔ 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 answer ✔ Blank stare (upward rotation of
eye)
Red Flags of back/neck pain - correct answer ✔ Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position
, Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4Test Questions and Answers
2024/25
Diagnosing of Alzheimer's - correct answer ✔ Impaired ability to learn new info
along with a disturbance in language, function, or perception
S/S of Alzheimer's - correct answer ✔ *C/O memory problems
* ↑ cognitive difficulty
* ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
*Word-finding difficulty
* ↑ difficulty with simple tasks
cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)? - correct answer ✔ *T-remor at rest (or
pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances
What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of? - correct answer ✔
Parkinson's
A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement would cause the
most concern? - correct answer ✔ 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
answer ✔ Temporal arteritis
s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis - correct answer ✔ * unilateral HA (temporal
artery, orbital)
* jaw claudication (pain with chewing)
* temporary blindness
(Medical Urgency) Polymyalgia rheumatica (pain/stiff muscles shoulders and hips)
What age group is at higher risk for temporal arteritis - correct answer ✔ >50
Clinical manifestations of Articular disorders? - correct answer ✔ *characterized
by deep or diffuse pain, pain or limited ROM on active and passive movement
*swelling
*crepitus
Clinical manifestations of Non-Articular disorders? - correct answer ✔ *Tend to
be painful on active but not passive (assisted) ROM.
*Seldom demonstrate swelling, crepitus, instability, or deformity by itself.
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