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What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury -Answer- If taking Blood Thinners Define delirium -Answer- Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days, reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion Define Dementia -Answer- Various causes, gradual change with m...

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Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4 Study Questions and
Answers Top Graded 2024
What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury -Answer- ✔If taking Blood
Thinners

Define delirium -Answer- ✔Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days,
reversible, hallucinations, incoherent speech, confusion

Define Dementia -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? -Answer-
✔Agitation and restlessness

At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated? -Answer-
✔Cholinesterase inhibitors

what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls? -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 -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 -Answer- ✔Blank stare (upward rotation of eye)

Red Flags of back/neck pain -Answer- ✔Incontinence
Fever
Cancers
Unexplained wt loss
Long term steroids
Trauma
IV drug abuse
Intense local pain
No comfy Position




Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4

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Diagnosing of Alzheimer's -Answer- ✔Impaired ability to learn new info along with a
disturbance in language, function, or perception

S/S of Alzheimer's -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)? -Answer- ✔*T-remor at rest (or pill rolling)
*R-igidity
*A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
*P-ostural Disturbances

What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of? -Answer- ✔Parkinson's

A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement would cause the most
concern? -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. -Answer-
✔Temporal arteritis

s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis -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 -Answer- ✔>50

Clinical manifestations of Articular disorders? -Answer- ✔*characterized by deep or
diffuse pain, pain or limited ROM on active and passive movement
*swelling
*crepitus

Clinical manifestations of Non-Articular disorders? -Answer- ✔*Tend to be painful on
active but not passive (assisted) ROM.
*Seldom demonstrate swelling, crepitus, instability, or deformity by itself.

What diagnostic assessment is most useful in a patient who presents with lumbar
radiculopathy? -Answer- ✔The straight leg raise (assesses L5-S1). pain would indicate
most common disc herniation

What cranial nerve is affected in Bell's Palsy? -Answer- ✔CN VII



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