Exam 47: Care of Patients with Cognitive Disorders

The nurse clarifies terminology related to cognitive disorders.Match the options to the expected characteristics.(Options may be used more than once.) -Processes of perception,memory,and judgment

Donepezil (Aricept)has been prescribed for a patient with Alzheimer disease (AD).Which statement indicates that the patient and spouse understand teaching about the medication?

An 85-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with gastroenteritis and dehydration.He receives a dose of meclizine hydrochloride,an anticholinergic,for vomiting.He begins to hallucinate and talk to his wife,who has been dead for 10 years.Which explanation best describes this behavior?

The home health nurse assesses caregivers for a person with a cognitive deficit.Which finding(s)is/are characteristic of exhaustion?

The nurse is caring for a patient with memory deficits.The patient asks the nurse about foods that may help improve memory.Which food(s)is/are linked to enhanced memory?

The nurse clarifies terminology related to cognitive disorders.Match the options to the expected characteristics.(Options may be used more than once.) -Experiences an illusion

The nurse is aware that the older adult is at risk for drug-induced delirium.Which age-related change contributes to this risk?

The nurse clarifies terminology related to cognitive disorders.Match the options to the expected characteristics.(Options may be used more than once.) -Results from cerebrovascular accident

The nurse is caring for a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)dementia complex (ADC).Which factor places this patient at particular risk for injury?

The nurse clarifies terminology related to cognitive disorders.Match the options to the expected characteristics.(Options may be used more than once.) -An acute alteration in cognition

A recently licensed nurse is orienting to the Alzheimer disease (AD)care unit.The nurse is caring for a patient who is transitioning from oral rivastigmine (Exelon)to the medication patch.Which action indicates an accurate understanding of the medication?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has dementia and has been getting up out of bed at night.What action by the nurse is most therapeutic?

An exhausted daughter is the sole caregiver to a patient with moderate Alzheimer disease (AD).She asks the nurse what respite care entails.Which statement indicates that the caregiver understands the nurse's response?

The nurse clarifies terminology related to cognitive disorders.Match the options to the expected characteristics.(Options may be used more than once.) -Characterized by slow onset

Memory lapses seen in early stages of Alzheimer disease (AD)are related to the pathophysiology of which condition?

The nurse differentiates vascular dementia from Alzheimer dementia.Which causative factor is responsible for vascular dementia?

Which strategy/strategies best benefit(s)a late-stage Alzheimer patient with global amnesia?

Postmortem brain examinations of Alzheimer disease (AD)patients reveal which type of finding(s)?

The nurse is caring for a patient with Alzheimer disease (AD)who wakes up moaning and frightened in the middle of the night.She begs that her husband's coffin be removed from her room.How should the nurse respond?

The patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD)has been on donepezil (Aricept)for several weeks.In which situation would the nurse suspect an overdose?