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Demetias and Related Disorders QUIZ 22
Unitek LVN Term 1 Exam Questions With
Verified Answers.
(Confusion) What are impairments of mental functions? - answer✔Poor Judgment, Impaired
memory, disorientation (to time, place, situation, or person), difficulty making decisions,
disorderly thought process
When someone has dementia, is there long term or short term memory more affected? -
answer✔They lose short term memory, and still are able to remember long term memories
What is Confabulation? - answer✔when someone is fabricating stories, or making up stories.
What is hallucination? - answer✔False, fixed sensory experience.
(visual, auditory)
What is Alzheimer's disease? - answer✔Alzheimer's disease is a form or cause of dementia that
is a progressive disorder in which the brain atrophy's (shrinks)
(Delirium) is... - answer✔Acute brain system usually temporary with delusion
(delusion is a false belief)
(Delirium) The nurses responds to a delirious client saying they is a snake under their bed. -
answer✔"I know you're frightened, and I don't see snakes under the bed, but I will stay here with
you".
Delirium vs Dementia - answer✔1. Delirium- Acute, dramatic onset, common causes= illness,
toxin, withdrawal, usually reversible. Poor attention and fluctuating arousal level, temporary
2. Dementia: Chronic, insidious onset, usually not reversible, attention usually unaffected and
normal arousal level, relentless, constant, continuous
Demetias and Related Disorders QUIZ 22
Unitek LVN Term 1 Exam Questions With
Verified Answers.
(Confusion) What are impairments of mental functions? - answer✔Poor Judgment, Impaired
memory, disorientation (to time, place, situation, or person), difficulty making decisions,
disorderly thought process
When someone has dementia, is there long term or short term memory more affected? -
answer✔They lose short term memory, and still are able to remember long term memories
What is Confabulation? - answer✔when someone is fabricating stories, or making up stories.
What is hallucination? - answer✔False, fixed sensory experience.
(visual, auditory)
What is Alzheimer's disease? - answer✔Alzheimer's disease is a form or cause of dementia that
is a progressive disorder in which the brain atrophy's (shrinks)
(Delirium) is... - answer✔Acute brain system usually temporary with delusion
(delusion is a false belief)
(Delirium) The nurses responds to a delirious client saying they is a snake under their bed. -
answer✔"I know you're frightened, and I don't see snakes under the bed, but I will stay here with
you".
Delirium vs Dementia - answer✔1. Delirium- Acute, dramatic onset, common causes= illness,
toxin, withdrawal, usually reversible. Poor attention and fluctuating arousal level, temporary
2. Dementia: Chronic, insidious onset, usually not reversible, attention usually unaffected and
normal arousal level, relentless, constant, continuous
