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

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Maryville NURS 623 Exam 4, NURS 623
exam 4 Questions and Correct Answers
the Latest Update and Recommended
Version
What is important to note when a patient has traumatic injury


→ If taking Blood Thinners


Define delirium

→ Underlying acute cause, abrupt onset, hours to days, reversible, hallucinations,
incoherent speech, confusion


Define Dementia

→ 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?

→ Agitation and restlessness


At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated?

→ Cholinesterase inhibitors


what factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls?




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→ 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

→ living at home and calling PCP instead of 911 leads to prolonged stroke symptoms
and long term effects


S/S of an Absense Seizure

→ Blank stare (upward rotation of eye)


Red Flags of back/neck pain


→ Incontinence
→ Fever
→ Cancers
→ Unexplained wt loss
→ Long term steroids
→ Trauma
→ IV drug abuse
→ Intense local pain
→ No comfy Position


Diagnosing of Alzheimer's




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→ Impaired ability to learn new info along with a disturbance in language, function, or
perception


S/S of Alzheimer's

→ *C/O memory problems
→ * ↑ cognitive difficulty
→ * ↑ slow response to cognitive challenge
→ *Word-finding difficulty
→ * ↑ difficulty with simple tasks


cardinal features of Parkinson's (TRAP)?

→ *T-remor at rest (or pill rolling)
→ *R-igidity
→ *A-kinesia/Bradykinesia
→ *P-ostural Disturbances


What disease is "freezing phenomenon" a characteristic of?


→ Parkinson's


A 62 y/o patient calls and c/o of a headache what statement would cause the most concern?

→ 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.

→ Temporal arteritis


s/s of temporal (giant cell) arteritis



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