Chapter 18 - Unit 4

Question 1

Cognition - def

Answer 1

operation of the mind that includes the mental faculty of knowing, perceiving, recognizing, conceiving, judging, reasoning and imagining.”

Question 2

Delirium - def

Answer 2

It is quick onset confusion. There is disturbance in attention and such.

Question 3

Delirium - always secondary to..

Answer 3

another medical condition.

Question 4

Dementia - def

Answer 4

This is like delirium, but it is slow acting.

Question 5

Primary Dementia vs. Secondary Dementia

Answer 5

Primary has no known cause or cure. Secondary has a cause.

Question 6

Is mild neurocognitive disorder bad?

Answer 6

No - it’s pretty benign. Could just be forgetting more things as you get older!

Question 7

Illusions - def

Answer 7

errors in perception of sensory stimuli. Like, instead of thinking the cord of a window blind is a cord, they think it is a snake.

Question 8

Hallucinations - def

Answer 8

false sensory stimuli.

Question 9

What is hypervigilance?

Answer 9

This is when a patient is wired and might be excessively scanning the room and such!

Question 10

Confabulation - def

Answer 10

the making up of stories or answers to maintain self-esteem when the person does not remember.

Question 11

What is perseveration?

Answer 11

The repetition of phrases or behaviors.

Question 12

Aphasia - def

Answer 12

loss of language ability.

Question 13

Apraxia - def

Answer 13

loss of purposeful movement in the absence of motor or sensory impairment.

Question 14

Agnosia - loss of sensory ability to recognize objects. T/F?

Answer 14

True!

Question 15

What happens in stage 1 of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Answer 15

The loss of intellectual ability is insidious. They lose energy, drive, initiative and have difficulty learning new things.

Question 16

What happens in stage 2 of Alzheimer’s?

Answer 16

They become confused. Deterioration is happening rapidly. The mood also becomes labile.

Question 17

What happens in stage 3 of Alzheimer’s?

Answer 17

They can’t identify familiar people/surroundings. The world is frightening. They might wander, become a danger to self or others, become incontinent, etc.

Question 18

What happens in late stage alzheimer’s?

Answer 18

Agraphia (inability to read or write), hyperorality (the need to take, chew, and put everything in one’s mouth) and hypermetamorphosis (touching everything in sight) are present.