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Exam 2: NUR2459/ NUR 2459 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Guide | Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A | 100% Correct- Rasmussen Q: Stages of Alzheimer's disease Answer: 1. No Impairment 2. Very Mild 3. Mild 4. Moderate 5. Moderately Severe 6. Severe 7. Very Severe Q: Alzheimer stage 1 Answer: No apparent symptoms Q: Alzheimer's stage 2 Answer: *Forgetfulness Loss in short-term memory, frequently losing items Q: Alzheimer's stage 3 Answer: *Mild cognitive decline Difficulty, recalling names or words, interference with performance that becomes noticeable to others Q: Alzheimer's stage 4 Answer: *Mild to moderate cognitive decline Forgets significant events in history, experience a declining ability to perform tasks. Common to confabulate (fill in gaps w/imagination) Q: Alzheimer's stage 5 Answer: *Moderate cognitive decline Loss of ability to perform some ADLs independently. Disorientation, and recollection of close relatives and friends is impaired. Q: Alzheimer's stage 6 Answer: *Moderate to severe cognitive decline Disorientation to surroundings, unable to manage ADLs, urinary and fecal incontinence are common. Q: Alzheimer's stage 7 Answer: *Severe cognitive decline Inability to recognize, family members, bedrest, and aphasic. Decubiti and contractions may occur. Q: Neurocognitive disorder (NCD) Answer: any of a number of brain diseases that affects one's thinking, reasoning, memory, learning, and speaking. Alzheimer's disease is the most common. Q: Alzheimer's etiological theories Answer: -Neuro transmitter alterations -Plaque and tangles -Head trauma -Genetic factors Q: Amyloid plaques Answer: A characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in which clusters of dead or dying neurons become mixed together with fragments of protein molecules. Q: Tangles Answer: twisted masses of threads made of a protein called tau within the neurons of the brain Q: Primary NCD Answer: the disorder itself is the major sign of some organic brain disease not directly related to any other organic illness (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) Q: Secondary NCD Answer: are caused by or related to another disease or condition (e.g., HIV disease or cerebral trauma) Q: Vascular NCD Answer: -NCD occurs as a result of significant cerebrovascular disease -There is a more abrupt onset than is seen in association with Alzheimer's disease, and the course is more variable (in steps) -Etiologies may include: hypertension, cerebral emboli, cerebral thrombosis Q: Frontotemporal NCD Answer: -Occurs as a result of shrinking of the frontal and temporal anterior lobes of the brain -Previously called Pick's disease -Exact cause is unknown, but genetics appears to be a factor Q: Other NCD

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2.IVeryIMild
3.IMild
4.IModerate
5.IModeratelyISevere
6.ISevere
7.IVeryISevere

Q:IAlzheimerIstageI1

Answer:
NoIapparentIsymptoms

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI2

Answer:
*Forgetfulness
LossIinIshort-termImemory,IfrequentlyIlosingIitems

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI3

,Answer:
*MildIcognitiveIdecline
Difficulty,IrecallingInamesIorIwords,IinterferenceIwithIperformanceIthatIbecomesInoticeableIto
Iothers

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI4

Answer:
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toIconfabulateI(fillIinIgapsIw/imagination)

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI5

Answer:
*ModerateIcognitiveIdecline
LossIofIabilityItoIperformIsomeIADLsIindependently.IDisorientation,IandIrecollectionIofIclose
IrelativesIandIfriendsIisIimpaired.

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI6

Answer:
*ModerateItoIsevereIcognitiveIdecline
DisorientationItoIsurroundings,IunableItoImanageIADLs,IurinaryIandIfecalIincontinenceIareIco
mmon.

Q:IAlzheimer'sIstageI7

,Answer:
*SevereIcognitiveIdecline
InabilityItoIrecognize,IfamilyImembers,Ibedrest,IandIaphasic.IDecubitiIandIcontractionsImayIo
ccur.

Q:INeurocognitiveIdisorderI(NCD)

Answer:
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Ispeaking.IAlzheimer'sIdiseaseIisItheImostIcommon.

Q:IAlzheimer'sIetiologicalItheories

Answer:
-NeuroItransmitterIalterations
-PlaqueIandItangles
-HeadItrauma
-GeneticIfactors

Q:IAmyloidIplaques

Answer:
AIcharacteristicIofIAlzheimer'sIdiseaseIinIwhichIclustersIofIdeadIorIdyingIneuronsIbecomeImi
xedItogetherIwithIfragmentsIofIproteinImolecules.

Q:ITangles

Answer:
twistedImassesIofIthreadsImadeIofIaIproteinIcalledItauIwithinItheIneuronsIofItheIbrain

, Q:IPrimaryINCD

Answer:
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herIorganicIillnessI(e.g.,IAlzheimer'sIdisease)

Q:ISecondaryINCD

Answer:
areIcausedIbyIorIrelatedItoIanotherIdiseaseIorIconditionI(e.g.,IHIVIdiseaseIorIcerebralItrauma)

Q:IVascularINCD

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-NCDIoccursIasIaIresultIofIsignificantIcerebrovascularIdisease
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-EtiologiesImayIinclude:Ihypertension,IcerebralIemboli,IcerebralIthrombosis

Q:IFrontotemporalINCD

Answer:
-OccursIasIaIresultIofIshrinkingIofItheIfrontalIandItemporalIanteriorIlobesIofItheIbrain
-PreviouslyIcalledIPick'sIdisease
-ExactIcauseIisIunknown,IbutIgeneticsIappearsItoIbeIaIfactor

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