Exam 4: neurocognitive disorders

All medications are used for depression but what?

How many stages are there in Alzheimers disease?

On bed fast, aphasic, and unable to recognize family in this stage:

Predisposing factors- cerebro vascular disease or small stroke may cause:

All are medications that may cause delerium but what?

All are common outcomes for an individual with a NCD but what?

Fifth stage of Alzheimers disease:

Pt. become lost and has difficulty concentrating. Also called lost stage:

All are predisposing factors for delirium but what?

Sixth stage of Alzheimers disease:

All are things that can occur as NCD progress but what?

Second stage of Alzheimers disease:

Forth stage of Alzheimers disease:

A care plan for an individual with NCD involves all but what?

All are common nursing dx with NCD but what?

Forget important dates, current events, can't perform tasks, an may use confabulation in stage:

T or F: all antipsychotics have a black box warning and is concerned most about the elderly

All are medications used for sleep disturbances but what?

Unable to perform ADLs, need helps, may forget names of close relatives in this stage:

All are toxins that may cause delirium but what?

Predisposing factors- certain bodies of eosinophils found in the brainstem and cerebral cortex

All are medications used for anxiety but what?

What lab work should be checked with NCD?

How is delirium treated?

All is history that should be explored with NCD but what?

Why are more individuals getting neurocognitive disorders?

All are medications for cognitive impairment but what?

Predisposing factors- damage from areas of the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex:

All is history that should be explored with NCD but what?

Donepezil(Aricept) delays destruction of aceylcholine which helps:

All are physical changes that should be looked for with NCD but what?

All are medications used for sleep disturbances but what?

T or F: individuals with delirium need high stimuli to help facilitate treatment

Seventh stage of Alzheimers disease:

Tricyclics are often avoided because of what?

Third stage of Alzheimers disease:

What medication is good for pt with insomnia and depression?

Can't recall major life events, forget name of spouse, incontinent, wander, sundown, etc:

Anxiety and depression are common during this stage:

Predisposing factors- Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy:

First stage of Alzheimers disease:

Predisposing factors: brain infection with opportunistic organism obtained after developing HIV

All are signs and symptoms of NCDs but what?

Major sign of some organic brain disease not directly related to any other organic illness:

NCD caused by or related to another disease or condition:

Reversible NCD can also be called what?

Predisposing factors: shrinking of the frontal and temporal anteriorlobes of the brain:

Major neurocognitive disorders can also be classified as what according to the DSM?

Disturbance in level of awareness/change in cognition. Develops rapidly in short period of time

Reversible NCD can be a result as what?

All are signs and symptoms of delirium but what?

Predisposing factors: repeated head traumas that result in dementia

Disorders with significant deficit in cognition or memory; significant change in functioning:

Mild neurocognitive disorder is also called what?

What should be possibilities checked when considering NCD?

All are signs of autonomic changes related to delirium but what?

Predisposing factors- acetylcholine, plaques and tangles may cause this:

What helps treat severe apathy?

Predisposing factors- reaction to overuse of medications/substance and withdrawal/intoxication

All are common nursing dx with NCD but what?

All medications are used for aggression/hallucination/thought disturbances/wandering but what?

A care plan for an individual with NCD involves all but what?

All should be included in pt and family education but what?

Predisposing factors- hypoparathyroidism, encholitis, vit B3 deficiency, hypothyroidism, etc:

Predisposing factors- loss of nerve cells located in the substantianigra. Decreases dopamine:

What condition is most known to cause psuedodementia?

All are medications used for sleep disturbances but what?