NURS 404 Final Exam (A+ GRADED)

disaster preparedness meds correct answers nonperishable- 1 mo supply insulin- 7 day supply catheters, needles, equipment- 2 wk supply rx factors for VD correct answers HTN, smoking, diabetes, CV disease, hypercholesterolemia lewy body disease correct answers AD; parkinson like s/s visual hallucinations, waxing & waning, memory impairment comes after visual/park s/s negative sensitivity to antipsychotic (no haldol) FTD correct answers earlier onset than AD or VD personality changes, disinhibition, executive dysfnx later memory & basic cognitive impairment plethora of dementia diseases correct answers VD, lewy body disease (AD, park), FTD, head trauma/anoxia, NPH, Alzheimers (most common form), HAD aphasia correct answers impaired language apraxia correct answers inability to perform complex motor activities agnosia correct answers failure to recognize or use familiar objects or utensils abulia correct answers disturbances in executive fnx AD neuropsychiatric s/s correct answers agitation, depression, aggression, delusions, hallucinations, repetitive vocalizations, wandering AD changes in brain correct answers enlarged ventricle atrophy loss of white matter: memory, language characteristics of AD correct answers beta-amyloid plaques, neurofibriallary tangles, reduced NFs, synaptic loss apolipoprotein increases rx 4x MMSE mild correct answers 20-24 2-3y post dx of AD memory & visual-spacial deficits mild difficulty w day-day fnx, decision making MMSE mod correct answers 13-20 3-6y post dx of AD aphasia & apraxia