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PN MEDICAL SURGICAL EXAM 2 LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| PN MEDICAL SURGICAL
EXAM PREP|| BRAND NEW!!
what is the most common cause of dementia? - (answers)Alzeimer's disease
Neurons die and brain shrinks
Characterized by memory loss, problems with judgement, and changes in
personality.
As the disease progresses, severe physical decline occurs along with deterioriating
cognitive functions - (answers)Alzeimer's disease
- State of confusion developing over hours to days causing change in sensorium
and behavior
- An acute condition that is manifested from an underlying cause -
(answers)delirium
What type of clients are most likely to experience delirium? - (answers)Clients
who are hospitalized or receiving sedative medications
What are risk factors associated with delirium? - (answers)Advanced age
Disease or debility
Electrolyte imbalance/dehydration
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Medications/ recreational drugs
Trauma/ brain injury
Sleep deprivation
Hospitalization in ICU or long-term care
Heat and sun exposure
is delirium reversible? - (answers)yes, if treated promptly and effectively
What are signs and symptoms of delirium - (answers)Change in LOC, perception,
thinking and speech, emotional response, memory, sleep patterns, presence of
hallucinations, delusions
What are nursing interventions for delirium? - (answers)Provide low stimuli
Sunlight is important
Administer antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines
Sedatives may worsen delirium
What is a normal ICP pressure - (answers)5 to 10
How high does the MAP need to be to perfuse the brain? - (answers)greater than
60
What is a normal CPP pressure - (answers)greater than 60
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what components are included the Monroe-kellie doctrine? - (answers)Tissue,
blood, and CSF
allows tissue and other fluids to exit the skull - (answers)Foramen magnum
CPP = ? - (answers)MAP-ICP
What are risk factors of ICP - (answers)increased brain volume- brain edema,
hemorrhage
Increased cerebral fluid- hydrocephalus, swelling
Increased blood volume- CHF, aneurysm
What does your frontal lobe control? - (answers)Emotion, personality, and
impulse control
What does the occipital lobe control? - (answers)Vision
What does the brain stem control? - (answers)Breathing
What are early signs of ICP? - (answers)Headache, Nausea/vomiting
Confusion
Visual changes/photophobia
PN MEDICAL SURGICAL EXAM 2 LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| PN MEDICAL SURGICAL
EXAM PREP|| BRAND NEW!!
what is the most common cause of dementia? - (answers)Alzeimer's disease
Neurons die and brain shrinks
Characterized by memory loss, problems with judgement, and changes in
personality.
As the disease progresses, severe physical decline occurs along with deterioriating
cognitive functions - (answers)Alzeimer's disease
- State of confusion developing over hours to days causing change in sensorium
and behavior
- An acute condition that is manifested from an underlying cause -
(answers)delirium
What type of clients are most likely to experience delirium? - (answers)Clients
who are hospitalized or receiving sedative medications
What are risk factors associated with delirium? - (answers)Advanced age
Disease or debility
Electrolyte imbalance/dehydration
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Medications/ recreational drugs
Trauma/ brain injury
Sleep deprivation
Hospitalization in ICU or long-term care
Heat and sun exposure
is delirium reversible? - (answers)yes, if treated promptly and effectively
What are signs and symptoms of delirium - (answers)Change in LOC, perception,
thinking and speech, emotional response, memory, sleep patterns, presence of
hallucinations, delusions
What are nursing interventions for delirium? - (answers)Provide low stimuli
Sunlight is important
Administer antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines
Sedatives may worsen delirium
What is a normal ICP pressure - (answers)5 to 10
How high does the MAP need to be to perfuse the brain? - (answers)greater than
60
What is a normal CPP pressure - (answers)greater than 60
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what components are included the Monroe-kellie doctrine? - (answers)Tissue,
blood, and CSF
allows tissue and other fluids to exit the skull - (answers)Foramen magnum
CPP = ? - (answers)MAP-ICP
What are risk factors of ICP - (answers)increased brain volume- brain edema,
hemorrhage
Increased cerebral fluid- hydrocephalus, swelling
Increased blood volume- CHF, aneurysm
What does your frontal lobe control? - (answers)Emotion, personality, and
impulse control
What does the occipital lobe control? - (answers)Vision
What does the brain stem control? - (answers)Breathing
What are early signs of ICP? - (answers)Headache, Nausea/vomiting
Confusion
Visual changes/photophobia
