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NURS 388 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL
EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ( EXPERT VERIFIED AND DETAILED
ANSWERS) FOR QUARANTEED PASS | ALREADY A+
GRADED | GET IT 100% ACCURATE!!
Gradual onset of multiple cognitive changes in memory, abstract thinking,
judgment and perception which often results in a progressive decline in
intellectual functioning and lowered capacity to perform daily activities -
ANSWER-dementia
What are the risk factors for getting AD - ANSWER--old age -
family/genetics
-head trauma
-Down's Syndrome
-low education levels (controversial)
Taking NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofin), estrogen therapy, and Vit E can delay
the progression of _____________ - ANSWER-
Alzheimer's
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What are some of the symptoms of dementia? - ANSWERaphasia, apraxia,
agnosia, executive functional decline
What Executive Functioning Decline? - ANSWER-decreased ability to
think abstractedly, plan and sequence
What comprises Mild AD? - ANSWER-memory loss, mood swings,
eventual aphasia, changes in personality, impaired judgment, APATHY,
anxiety
What is the difference between Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Cyclothemia? -
ANSWER-Bipolar I - periods of major depressive, manic and/or mixed
episodes
Bipolar II - periods of major depression and hypomania Cyclothymia -
periods of hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes that do not meet
the criteria for major depressive episode
What do you need to have to be diagnosed with Somatization
Disorder? - ANSWER-- history of many physical complaints
- 4 or more pain symptoms
- 2 or more GI symptoms
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- 1 sexual symptom
- 1 pseudoneurological symptom
How can you tell the difference between Somatization Disorder and
Conversion Disorder? - ANSWER-SD is chronic, more long term, and so
patient would have a history of complaining about pain. You also need to
have symptoms of pain, GI, sex, and pseudoneurological. Whereas with
CD, symptoms are more sudden onset, like sudden inability to walk,
blindness, or seizures. Also, in CD, One or more symptoms suggest a
neurological disorder.
What causes Pain Disorder? - ANSWER-chronic pain caused by
physiologic stress
What is this: Preoccupation with fear / idea of having a serious illness -
ANSWER-hypochondriasis
What is delirium? - ANSWER-An acutely disturbed state of mind that
occurs in fever intoxication, and other disorders. Sudden severe confusion,
and rapid changes in brain function that occur with physical or mental
illness
NURS 388 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL
EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ( EXPERT VERIFIED AND DETAILED
ANSWERS) FOR QUARANTEED PASS | ALREADY A+
GRADED | GET IT 100% ACCURATE!!
Gradual onset of multiple cognitive changes in memory, abstract thinking,
judgment and perception which often results in a progressive decline in
intellectual functioning and lowered capacity to perform daily activities -
ANSWER-dementia
What are the risk factors for getting AD - ANSWER--old age -
family/genetics
-head trauma
-Down's Syndrome
-low education levels (controversial)
Taking NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofin), estrogen therapy, and Vit E can delay
the progression of _____________ - ANSWER-
Alzheimer's
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What are some of the symptoms of dementia? - ANSWERaphasia, apraxia,
agnosia, executive functional decline
What Executive Functioning Decline? - ANSWER-decreased ability to
think abstractedly, plan and sequence
What comprises Mild AD? - ANSWER-memory loss, mood swings,
eventual aphasia, changes in personality, impaired judgment, APATHY,
anxiety
What is the difference between Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Cyclothemia? -
ANSWER-Bipolar I - periods of major depressive, manic and/or mixed
episodes
Bipolar II - periods of major depression and hypomania Cyclothymia -
periods of hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes that do not meet
the criteria for major depressive episode
What do you need to have to be diagnosed with Somatization
Disorder? - ANSWER-- history of many physical complaints
- 4 or more pain symptoms
- 2 or more GI symptoms
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- 1 sexual symptom
- 1 pseudoneurological symptom
How can you tell the difference between Somatization Disorder and
Conversion Disorder? - ANSWER-SD is chronic, more long term, and so
patient would have a history of complaining about pain. You also need to
have symptoms of pain, GI, sex, and pseudoneurological. Whereas with
CD, symptoms are more sudden onset, like sudden inability to walk,
blindness, or seizures. Also, in CD, One or more symptoms suggest a
neurological disorder.
What causes Pain Disorder? - ANSWER-chronic pain caused by
physiologic stress
What is this: Preoccupation with fear / idea of having a serious illness -
ANSWER-hypochondriasis
What is delirium? - ANSWER-An acutely disturbed state of mind that
occurs in fever intoxication, and other disorders. Sudden severe confusion,
and rapid changes in brain function that occur with physical or mental
illness
