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NURSING 7TH EDITION 2026 EXAM PREP
STUDY GUIDE ALL CHAPTERS Q&A 100%
CORRECT
⩥ delirium? Answer: an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in
fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by
restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech and that
usually gets resolved when the underlying problem is corrected.
Examples of factors that may cause delirium in the older adult are
infection, fever, and drug effects.
⩥ The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition
(DSM-5)? Answer: is published by the American Psychiatric
Association. The DSM-5 provides guidelines for the diagnosis and
classification of mental disorders.
⩥ Neurocognitive disorders (NCDs)? Answer: Include delirium, as well
as major NCDs, mild in NCDs, and their subtypes based on cause.
NCDs exist along a continuum from mild to moderate depending on the
severity of impairment.
⩥ Each of the neurocognitive disorders affects one or more domains of
cognitive function. Answer: These domains are complex attention,
,executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor
function, and social cognition.
⩥ Complex attention disorders Answer: Complex attention disorders
result in difficulty staying on task and sorting through multiple stimuli.
⩥ Executive function Answer: allows people to plan, make decisions,
carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore a person with impaired
executive function has difficulty with multitasking and carrying out
multiple steps.
⩥ cognitive impairment Answer: loss of ability to think logically;
concentration and memory are affected.
⩥ altered cognition Answer: Physiologic factor that frequently hinders
effective communication. These onsets are commonly diagnosed as
delirium or dementia depending on the onset, duration, contributing
factors, response to interventions, and progression.
⩥ altered mental function Answer: develops suddenly or gradually
depending on the underlying pathology.
⩥ dementia Answer: a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities,
including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by
personality changes. Major NCD.
, ⩥ factors that may cause delirium Answer: fever, infection, and drug
effects.
⩥ neurocognitive disorders Answer: acquired (not lifelong) disorders
marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzheimer's disease, brain
injury or disease, or substance abuse. In older adults, neurocognitive
disorders were formerly called dementia.
Affects one ore more domains of cognitive function. These domains are
complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language,
perceptual-motor function, and social cognition.
⩥ executive function Answer: allows people to plan, make decisions,
carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore, a person with
impaired executive function has difficulty with multitasking caring out
multiple steps.
⩥ perceptual-motor disorders Answer: Can affect the ability to perform
usual activities, such as driving a car.
⩥ social cognition Answer: the processes by which people come to
understand others. Is concerned with recognizing emotions. They may
have personality changes and become insensitive to the feeling of others.
These disturbances can be mild or major.
NURSING 7TH EDITION 2026 EXAM PREP
STUDY GUIDE ALL CHAPTERS Q&A 100%
CORRECT
⩥ delirium? Answer: an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in
fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by
restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech and that
usually gets resolved when the underlying problem is corrected.
Examples of factors that may cause delirium in the older adult are
infection, fever, and drug effects.
⩥ The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition
(DSM-5)? Answer: is published by the American Psychiatric
Association. The DSM-5 provides guidelines for the diagnosis and
classification of mental disorders.
⩥ Neurocognitive disorders (NCDs)? Answer: Include delirium, as well
as major NCDs, mild in NCDs, and their subtypes based on cause.
NCDs exist along a continuum from mild to moderate depending on the
severity of impairment.
⩥ Each of the neurocognitive disorders affects one or more domains of
cognitive function. Answer: These domains are complex attention,
,executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor
function, and social cognition.
⩥ Complex attention disorders Answer: Complex attention disorders
result in difficulty staying on task and sorting through multiple stimuli.
⩥ Executive function Answer: allows people to plan, make decisions,
carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore a person with impaired
executive function has difficulty with multitasking and carrying out
multiple steps.
⩥ cognitive impairment Answer: loss of ability to think logically;
concentration and memory are affected.
⩥ altered cognition Answer: Physiologic factor that frequently hinders
effective communication. These onsets are commonly diagnosed as
delirium or dementia depending on the onset, duration, contributing
factors, response to interventions, and progression.
⩥ altered mental function Answer: develops suddenly or gradually
depending on the underlying pathology.
⩥ dementia Answer: a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities,
including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by
personality changes. Major NCD.
, ⩥ factors that may cause delirium Answer: fever, infection, and drug
effects.
⩥ neurocognitive disorders Answer: acquired (not lifelong) disorders
marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzheimer's disease, brain
injury or disease, or substance abuse. In older adults, neurocognitive
disorders were formerly called dementia.
Affects one ore more domains of cognitive function. These domains are
complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language,
perceptual-motor function, and social cognition.
⩥ executive function Answer: allows people to plan, make decisions,
carry out plans, and evaluate activities. Therefore, a person with
impaired executive function has difficulty with multitasking caring out
multiple steps.
⩥ perceptual-motor disorders Answer: Can affect the ability to perform
usual activities, such as driving a car.
⩥ social cognition Answer: the processes by which people come to
understand others. Is concerned with recognizing emotions. They may
have personality changes and become insensitive to the feeling of others.
These disturbances can be mild or major.
