Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care
Chapter 5 and 6 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
confusion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the inability to think clearly
Sudden or gradual
Most common in elderly
Causes- UTI, low blood sugar, nutrition, seizures
delirium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔State of severe confusion occurs suddenly and
temporarily
Causes- infections, disease, imbalance, poor nutrition
cognition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ability to think logically and clearly
Cognitive impairment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔loss of ability to think logically;
concentration and memory are affected
,Dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔General term referring to a serious loss of
mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and
communicating
Progression leads to loss of ADLs
Is dementia a normal part of aging? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
Common causes of dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Alzheimer's, vascular
dementia( multiple strokes), Lewy body, Parkinson's, Huntington
What is the most common cause of dementia? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Alzheimer's disease
How many people in America have Alzheimer's? What fraction of these
people are 65 and older? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5.5 million; 1/10
What gender is more likely to have Alzheimer's and dementia? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Women
What race is two times more likely to get Alzheimer's than older whites?
Hispanics? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔African American; 1.5 times
Alzheimer's disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tangled nerve fibers and protein
deposits to form in brain
, 4-20 years
Gradual symptoms beginning with memory loss to loss of ability
Majority dependent on others
Only sure way to determine Alzheimer's - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Autopsy
preservation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Repeating the same word or phrase in
response to different questions
Do you treat Alzheimer's like kids? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
NAs procedure for personal care and ADLs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Develop
routine and stick with it
Promote self care
Take care of themselves
Agitation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
Usually by a trigger
Sundowning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔becoming restless and agitated in the late
afternoon, evening, or night
Caused by hunger, fatigue, change
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Chapter 5 and 6 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
confusion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the inability to think clearly
Sudden or gradual
Most common in elderly
Causes- UTI, low blood sugar, nutrition, seizures
delirium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔State of severe confusion occurs suddenly and
temporarily
Causes- infections, disease, imbalance, poor nutrition
cognition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ability to think logically and clearly
Cognitive impairment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔loss of ability to think logically;
concentration and memory are affected
,Dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔General term referring to a serious loss of
mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and
communicating
Progression leads to loss of ADLs
Is dementia a normal part of aging? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
Common causes of dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Alzheimer's, vascular
dementia( multiple strokes), Lewy body, Parkinson's, Huntington
What is the most common cause of dementia? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Alzheimer's disease
How many people in America have Alzheimer's? What fraction of these
people are 65 and older? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5.5 million; 1/10
What gender is more likely to have Alzheimer's and dementia? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Women
What race is two times more likely to get Alzheimer's than older whites?
Hispanics? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔African American; 1.5 times
Alzheimer's disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tangled nerve fibers and protein
deposits to form in brain
, 4-20 years
Gradual symptoms beginning with memory loss to loss of ability
Majority dependent on others
Only sure way to determine Alzheimer's - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Autopsy
preservation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Repeating the same word or phrase in
response to different questions
Do you treat Alzheimer's like kids? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No
NAs procedure for personal care and ADLs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Develop
routine and stick with it
Promote self care
Take care of themselves
Agitation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a state of anxiety or nervous excitement
Usually by a trigger
Sundowning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔becoming restless and agitated in the late
afternoon, evening, or night
Caused by hunger, fatigue, change
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