Week 3

Question 1

_____________ is acute disturbance of consciousness accompanied by a change in cognition

Answer 1

Delirium

Question 2

______________ is a chronic, progressive and degenerative brain disorder

Answer 2

Dementia

Question 3

8 A’s of dementia

Answer 3

• Amnesia
• Aphasia
• Agnosia
• Apraxia
• Anosognosia
• Altered perception
• Apathy
• Attention deficits

Question 4

____________ is loss of memory

Answer 4

Amnesia

Question 5

____________ is FULL loss of language skills

Answer 5

Aphasia

Question 6

___________ is loss of recognition

Answer 6

Agnosia

Question 7

___________ is loss of purposeful movement, difficulty performing familiar
tasks

Answer 7

Apraxia

Question 8

____________is no knowledge/ recognition of their disease

Answer 8

Anosognosia

Question 9

____________ is loss of visual acuity, judgment

Answer 9

Altered perception

Question 10

____________ is loss of initiation, mood change

Answer 10

Apathy

Question 11

____________ is decrease ability to pay attention and focus

Answer 11

Attention deficits

Question 12

Dementia is a diagnosis of ____________?

Answer 12

exclusion

Question 13

MMSE means?

Answer 13

Mini-Mental Status Examination

Question 14

___________ assesses orientation & cognitive function. Scores indicate
severity of dementia

Answer 14

MMSE

Question 15

What class of drugs is used to treat mild and moderate dementia?

Answer 15

Cholinesterase inhibitors

Question 16

Cholinesterase, enzyme responsible for
breaking down _____________

Answer 16

acetylcholine

Question 17

Dementia nursing diagnoses (3):

Answer 17

• Self-neglect
• Potential for injury
• Wandering

Question 18

Overall goals for patient with dementia:

Answer 18

• Maintain physical health
• Retain functional abilities
• Enhance or stabilize cognition
• Eliminate pain
• Prevent responsive and self-protective
  behaviors

Question 19

Nursing Interventions for dementia patients:

Answer 19

• Promoting physical safety
• Reduce Anxiety and Agitation
• Meeting Socialization Needs

Question 20

______________ is a slow, progressive neurological disorder involved in degeneration of dopamine-producing
neurons in substantia nigra of the midbrain

Answer 20

Parkinson’s

Question 21

Parkinson’s disrupts dopamine-acetylcholine balance in
_____________ (affects centers in the brain
responsible for control & regulation of
movement)

Answer 21

Basal ganglia

Question 22

TRAP for signs Parkinson’s represents?

Answer 22

• Tremor
• Rigidity
• Akinesia
• Postural instability

Question 23

___________ loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.

Answer 23

Akinesia

Question 24

_______________ is a diagnostic test that healthcare providers use to look for issues with blood vessels in your brain

Answer 24

Cerebral Angiogram

Question 25

_____________ is a fixed tightening of muscle, tendons, ligaments, or skin

Answer 25

contracture

Question 26

___________________ describes a type of rigidity that typically affects the limbs, causing them to move in small increments, similar to how gears move.

Answer 26

Cogwheeling_

Question 27

_____________ is a visual field loss in the same halves of the visual field of each eye

Answer 27

Homonymous hemianopsia

Question 28

_________________ refers to urinary bladder problems due to a brain, spinal cord or nerve problem

Answer 28

neurogenic bladder

Question 29

_________________ uses drugs (thrombolytics) to get rid of blood clots

Answer 29

thrombolysis or Thrombolytic therapy

Question 30

__________________ the abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel or other tubular organ

Answer 30

Stenosis

Question 31

____________________ is increased confusion that people living with Alzheimer's and dementia may experience from dusk through night

Answer 31

Sundowning

Question 32

Many people with mid-stage to advanced Parkinson's disease experience ___________ which is the temporary, involuntary inability to move

Answer 32

Freezing phenomena

Question 33

______________________ is a surgery to open blocked blood vessels for people with conditions like peripheral artery disease

Answer 33

Endarterectomy

Question 34

Double vision is AKA?

Answer 34

Diplopia

Question 35

_________________ is a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult to form and pronounce words

Answer 35

Dysarthria

Question 36

______________ is a medical term for difficulty swallowing

Answer 36

Dysphagia

Question 37

______________PARTIAL impairment in the production of speech resulting from brain disease or damage

Answer 37

Dysphasia

Question 38

_________________ abnormal voice with no vocal disease (hoarseness)

Answer 38

Dysphonia