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Acute confusion is called what? - Answer-Delirium Chronic confusion is called what? - Answer-Dementia Is the onset of delirium a long, slow process or a sudden process? - Answer-Sudden Is the onset of dementia a long, slow process or a sudden process? - Answer-Long / Slow Is dementia reversible or irreversible? - Answer-irreversible Is delirium reversible or irreversible? - Answer-reversible Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are all types of examples of what? - Answer-Dementia Crystallized Intelligence is also known as what? - Answer-Wisdom The ability to think and reason is called what? - Answer-Cognition Ringing of the ears - Answer-Tinnitus Meniere's disease, age-related changes or medications are all factors that can cause what? - AnswerTinnitus Name the type of aphasia, in which the person has difficulty understanding language. - AnswerReceptive Aphasia Name the type of aphasia, in which a person is unable to express themselves using language. - Answer-Expressive AphasiaName the type of aphasia when both receptive and expressive language skills are lost. - AnswerGlobal Aphasia What are the two common aphasia forms of expressive aphasia? - Answer-Broca and Wernicke Name the type of aphasia, in which a person is able to understand verbal and written language but is unable to speak words fluently. - Answer-Broca Aphasia Name the type of aphasia, in which a person is able to speak, but the words produced may be nonsensical or have little connection to reality. - Answer-Wernicke Aphasia When speaking to a hearing impaired older adult, you should speak in what type of tone? - AnswerLow A body temperature below 96.8°F - Answer-Hypothermia A body temperature above 99.6°F - Answer-Hyperthermia What controls body temperature in the brain? - Answer-hypothalamus The study of how older adult respond to medications - Answer-Geropharmacology The study of drugs actions in the body: absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion - AnswerPharmacokinetics An injury from the use of a drug - Answer-Adverse drug event When a drug has an opposite effect - Answer-Paradoxical Loss of hearing acuity, particularly of higher pitched sounds - Answer-Presbycusis Loss of hearing resulting from decreased sound transmission - Answer-OtosclerosisCaused by a loss of elasticity of the lens and resulting in the power of accommodation. - AnswerPresbyopia Farsightedness caused by aging - Answer-presbyopia Clouding of the lens that can result in blurred vision. - Answer-Cataracts (first S) in SPICES - Answer-Sleep Disorders (P) in SPICES - Answer-Problems with eating or feeding (I) in SPICES - Answer-Incontinence (C) in SPICES - Answer-Confusion (E) in SPICES - Answer-Evidence of Falls (last S) in SPICES - Answer-Skin/Socialization The ability to perform tasks or make judgments on unfamiliar stimuli. - Answer-Fluid Intelligence What does the Katz Index measure? - Answer-ADLS (Activities of Daily Living) What scale is used to evaluate patients risk of falls? - Answer-Morse Fall Scale Feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, and ambulating are examples of what? - AnswerADLS (Activities of daily living) Who creates the National Patient Safety Goals? - Answer-The Joint CommissionWhen a nurse suspects that an actual emergency or serious problem is present or might be developing what mnemonic can be used to organize a deep, focused assessment? - AnswerFANCAPES (F) in FANCAPES - Answer-Fluid (first A) in FANCAPES - Answer-Aeration (Oxygenation) (N) in FANCAPES - Answer-Nutrition (C) in FANCAPES - Answer-Cognition (second A) in FANCAPES - Answer-Activity (P) in FANCAPES - Answer-Pain (E) in FANCAPES - Answer-Elimination (S) in FANCAPES - Answer-Skin Assessment that uses word recall and drawing of a clock - Answer-Mini-Cog If a person cannot absorb B12 they have what? - Answer-Pernicious Anemia Prevention and avoiding risk of disease is what level of prevention - Answer-Primary Prevention Screening for diseases are what level of prevention? - Answer-Secondary Prevention Management of the disease is what level of prevention? - Answer-Tertiary Prevention