MVU NURS 661 Exam 1 with questions and answers

S/S of dementia - ans ----Memory LAPSE: Memory Language Attention Perceptual (motor) Social cognition Executive function Treatment for dementia - ans ----Aricept, Namenda, Exelon patch What are diagnostic tools for dementia? - ans ----MMSE, MRI SIGECAPS - ans ----S - sleep I - interest deficit G - guilt E - energy C - concentration A - appetite P - psychomotor retardation S - suicidality If a patient has less than 5 symptoms of depression, but are in a period of depression, what could you diagnose them with? - ans ----Unspecified depressive disorder What is the difference between bereavement and depression? - ans ----Bereavement is focused on recent loss, not self-loathing An involuntary, irregular, rapid, non-stereotyped, and unpredictable movements that appear to "dance" over the patient's body - ans ----Chorea Sudden, jerky movements - ans ----Myoclonus