NSG 322 TOPIC 9 NEURODEV & NEUROCOG
1. What stimulant medication for ADHD must be given 12 hours prior to bedtime?
Answer: Concerta
2. What is the generic drug name for Ritalin and Concerta (ER form)?
Answer: -Methylphenidate
3. When would a client with ADHD use a non-stimulant over a stimulant?
Answer:
-Didn't respond well to stimulant
- Personal preference
4. Repeated urinary incontinence (Normal up to age 5)
Answer: Enuresis
5. Repeated fecal incontinence (Normal up to age 4)
Answer: Encopresis
6. What kind of encopresis was the client never potty trained?
Answer: Primary
7. What kind of encopresis is MC caused by encountering a stressful experience?
Answer: Secondary
8. What kind of encopresis is due to constipation and can cause megacolon?-
Answer: Retentive
9. What kind of encopresis is not related to constipation and contains normallooking stools?
Answer: Nonretentive
10. What are common nursing interventions for enuresis?
Answer:
- Toileting schedule(even at night)
- Bell and pad method
- Limit bedtime fluids
- Education
- Positive reinforcement
11. Treatment for enuresis in which a pad placed under a sleeping child to detect traces of
urine sets off a bell when urine is detected, awakeningthe child to condition him or her to
wake up and use the bathroom beforeurinating
Answer: Bell and pad method
, 12. What are common nursing interventions for encopresis?
Answer:
- Increase fiberand fluids
- Toileting schedule (even at night)
- CBT
- Medications to increase stools
13. What disorder is characterized by the following stages?
Mild = Fairly normal and good outcomes
Moderate = Can live daily but need assistance for every day tasks. Have troubleinterpreting social
cues, understanding money, and getting a job
Severe = Delayed speech and may need help with all activities.Will most likelynot marry or
have children
Profound = Nonverbal and unable to read. Many sensory and physical impairments. Life
expectancy = 4-20 years
Answer: Intellectual disabilities
14. What disorder is characterized by motor and vocal tics that include yellingor jerky
movements?
Answer: Tourette's disorder
15. True or False
Clients with ADHD who take amphetamines feel high after
Answer: False
16. How is dementia diagnosed?
Answer: Differential diagnosis
17. What disorder has the following S/S?
- Acute (hours to days)
- Secondary to another condition
- Reversible
- LOC changes
- Confusion
- Intact orientation to self
- Sundowning
- Hallucinations and delusions
- Memory problems
1. What stimulant medication for ADHD must be given 12 hours prior to bedtime?
Answer: Concerta
2. What is the generic drug name for Ritalin and Concerta (ER form)?
Answer: -Methylphenidate
3. When would a client with ADHD use a non-stimulant over a stimulant?
Answer:
-Didn't respond well to stimulant
- Personal preference
4. Repeated urinary incontinence (Normal up to age 5)
Answer: Enuresis
5. Repeated fecal incontinence (Normal up to age 4)
Answer: Encopresis
6. What kind of encopresis was the client never potty trained?
Answer: Primary
7. What kind of encopresis is MC caused by encountering a stressful experience?
Answer: Secondary
8. What kind of encopresis is due to constipation and can cause megacolon?-
Answer: Retentive
9. What kind of encopresis is not related to constipation and contains normallooking stools?
Answer: Nonretentive
10. What are common nursing interventions for enuresis?
Answer:
- Toileting schedule(even at night)
- Bell and pad method
- Limit bedtime fluids
- Education
- Positive reinforcement
11. Treatment for enuresis in which a pad placed under a sleeping child to detect traces of
urine sets off a bell when urine is detected, awakeningthe child to condition him or her to
wake up and use the bathroom beforeurinating
Answer: Bell and pad method
, 12. What are common nursing interventions for encopresis?
Answer:
- Increase fiberand fluids
- Toileting schedule (even at night)
- CBT
- Medications to increase stools
13. What disorder is characterized by the following stages?
Mild = Fairly normal and good outcomes
Moderate = Can live daily but need assistance for every day tasks. Have troubleinterpreting social
cues, understanding money, and getting a job
Severe = Delayed speech and may need help with all activities.Will most likelynot marry or
have children
Profound = Nonverbal and unable to read. Many sensory and physical impairments. Life
expectancy = 4-20 years
Answer: Intellectual disabilities
14. What disorder is characterized by motor and vocal tics that include yellingor jerky
movements?
Answer: Tourette's disorder
15. True or False
Clients with ADHD who take amphetamines feel high after
Answer: False
16. How is dementia diagnosed?
Answer: Differential diagnosis
17. What disorder has the following S/S?
- Acute (hours to days)
- Secondary to another condition
- Reversible
- LOC changes
- Confusion
- Intact orientation to self
- Sundowning
- Hallucinations and delusions
- Memory problems
