FinalIExam:INUR2488/INURI2488I(NewI
2024/I2025IUpdate)IMentalIHealthIGuideI
withIQuestionsIandIVerifiedIAnswers|I100%
ICorrectI-IRasmussen
QUESTION
NEUROCOGNITIVEIDISORDERSI
Answer:
ThoseIdisordersIthatIaffectItheIstructuralIorIfunctionalIareasIofItheIbrainIandIcauseIdisturbance
sIinInormalIcognitionIsuchIasImemory,IabstractIthinking,IorIjudgment.I
AffectItheIbrain'sIabilityItoIfunctionIintellectually,Iemotionally,Isocially,IandIoccupationally.
QUESTION
Dementia
Difficulties
Nurse'sIRoleI
Answer:
TheIperson'sIchildrenIneedItoImakeIdifficultIdecisionsIforItheirIparent.IThisIcanIcauseIstressIa
ndIguiltIforItheIchildren.I
NursesIroleIisItoIteachItheIfamilyIaboutIdementia.
QUESTION
Dementia
FamilyITeachingI
Answer:
,PatientsIareIknownIforIwandering.I
PatientIcanIbeIaIfallIrisk.I
LockIdoorsIatInight.I
PlaceIsensorsIonIallIoutsideIdoors.
QUESTION
TypesIofIDementiaI
Answer:
•IAlzheimer'sIdisease:IirreversibleIformIofIsenileIdementiaIdueItoInerveIcellIdeterioration,I
•IVascularIdementia:IabruptIonset,IrapidIchangeIinIfunction,IvascularIlesions,IdecreasedIbloodI
supplyItoItheIbrain.I
•IPick'sIdisease:IdegenerativeIbrainIdisease,IaffectsIfrontalIandItemporalIlobes,IsimilarItoIAlzh
eimer'sIonsetI60Iyears.
•ICreutzfeldtIJakobIdisease:ICNSIdisorderIthatIdevelopsIaroundIageI40-
60yrs.IAlteredIvision,IlossIofIcoordination,IrapidIprogression,IencephalopathyIcausedIbyIisIcau
sedIbyIanIinfectiousIparticle.I
•IParkinson:IslowIprogressiveIneurologicalIcondition,Itremors,Irigidity,Ibradykinesia,IposturalIi
nstability.
s•IHuntington'sIdisease:IgeneticI,IinvolvesIcerebralIatrophy.IOnsetIlateI30-40's.
QUESTION
DementiaIcanICauseI
Answer:
•IAphasiaI(echolalia,Ipalilalia):IlanguageIdisturbanceIinIunderstandingIandIexpressingIspokenI
word.
•IApraxia:IinabilityItoIperformImotorIactivities,IdespiteIintactImotorIfunction.
•IAgnosia:IfailureItoIrecognizeIorIidentifyIfamiliarIobjectsIdespiteIintactIsensoryIfunction.
, •IAmnesia:IlossIofImemoryIasIaIresultIofIdegeneration.
QUESTION
DementiaIClinicalICourse/OnsetI
Answer:
•IMild:Iforgetfulness,IthatIexceedsInormalIoccasionalIforgetfulness,IdifficultyIfindingIwords,Ifr
equentlyIlosesIobjects.I
•IModerate:IconfusionIisIapparent,IprogressiveImemoryIloss,IcanInoIlongerIperformItasks.IStill
IrecognizesIfamiliarIpeople.I
•ISevere:IpersonalityIandIemotionalIchanges,Idelusional,Iwandering,IforgetInamesIofIfamilyIan
dIchildren,IangryIoutbursts,IrequireIassistanceIwithIADLs.
QUESTION
MemoryICareI
Answer:
Reminiscing.IVeryIcommonIforIolderIadultsItoIreminisceIaboutItheirIpasts.ITalkingIaboutItheIg
oodIoldIdaysIcanIhelpIthemIreduceIfeelingsIofIlonelinessIandIisolation.
QUESTION
AgnosiaI
Answer:
Agnosia:IfailureItoIrecognizeIorIidentifyIfamiliarIobjectsIdespiteIintactIsensoryIfunction.
SeenIinIpatientsIwithIdementia.
