CH 16 DELIRIUM MENTAL HEALTH
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____ 1. Your patient with advanced Alzheimers disease keeps
searching the unit for her mother who died many years ago.
How should you respond?
Your mother isnt hereshe died long ago.
Lets go to the activity room and see whats going on.
You must be upset that you cant find her.
What makes you keep looking for your mother? - Answer: 1.
ANS: B
With advanced Alzheimers disease, reorientation is often
ineffective because the patient will not remember. Open-ended
questions are also less effective. Response B uses distraction to
refocus the patients attention on the here and now.
____ 2. Your patient is diagnosed with delirium. He is awake
most of the night and becomes increasingly confused. Which is
the best initial intervention?
, Keep the television on to provide stimulation.
Give him a sleeping pill.
Keep a night light on in the room and turn off the television.
Keep the lights on in the room. - Answer: 2. ANS: C
Reducing stimulating sounds and providing some light to keep
him oriented to his surroundings is the best initial intervention.
A sleeping pill can add to confusion.
____ 3. Your patient is on donepezil HCL. This tells you your
patient has which disorder?
Dementia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Major depression
Delirium - Answer: 3. ANS: AThis drug is Aricept and is a major
treatment for dementia
____ 4. Team members working with patients who have
dementia need to have a common, unified approach because
this type of patient requires:
Sameness and consistency in their lives.
Strict rules and regulations.
UPDATE VERIFIED QUESTIONS &
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS GRADED
A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
____ 1. Your patient with advanced Alzheimers disease keeps
searching the unit for her mother who died many years ago.
How should you respond?
Your mother isnt hereshe died long ago.
Lets go to the activity room and see whats going on.
You must be upset that you cant find her.
What makes you keep looking for your mother? - Answer: 1.
ANS: B
With advanced Alzheimers disease, reorientation is often
ineffective because the patient will not remember. Open-ended
questions are also less effective. Response B uses distraction to
refocus the patients attention on the here and now.
____ 2. Your patient is diagnosed with delirium. He is awake
most of the night and becomes increasingly confused. Which is
the best initial intervention?
, Keep the television on to provide stimulation.
Give him a sleeping pill.
Keep a night light on in the room and turn off the television.
Keep the lights on in the room. - Answer: 2. ANS: C
Reducing stimulating sounds and providing some light to keep
him oriented to his surroundings is the best initial intervention.
A sleeping pill can add to confusion.
____ 3. Your patient is on donepezil HCL. This tells you your
patient has which disorder?
Dementia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Major depression
Delirium - Answer: 3. ANS: AThis drug is Aricept and is a major
treatment for dementia
____ 4. Team members working with patients who have
dementia need to have a common, unified approach because
this type of patient requires:
Sameness and consistency in their lives.
Strict rules and regulations.
