Types of Neurocognitive Disorders
What is Alzheimer's Disease and is it a primary or secondary NCD?
What is a progressive and deteriorating disease process involving the brain? Memory impairment is affected, and the process occurs in stages. A Primary NCD.
What is aphasia?
What is the inability to speak, formulate words, or understand words?
What are the symptoms of opioid-induced disorder?
What is one safety measure of a patient with AD?
What is fall prevention, medication assistance, food assistance, ADLs, etc?
What medication would you give to an individual who overdosed on fentanyl?
What is naloxone?
What is the cause of Vascular Dementia?
What is the interruption of blood flow to the brain?
What is apraxia?
What is the inability to carry out purposeful motor activities?
What is a hallucinogen use disorder?
What is the use of hallucinogenic drugs or a mix of drugs resulting in visual hallucinations? Drugs include LSD, PCP, Psilocybin, and Amphetamine derivatives.
What is one way to de-escalate a Lewy body dementia patient having visual hallucinations?
What are a calm environment, decreased stimuli, distraction, prn medication if needed, etc?
When giving antipsychotics, you need to be aware of EPS. What are three EPS to watch for?
What are involuntary mouth movements, muscle contractions, restlessness, etc?
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
What is the appearance of Lewy bodies in the cerebral cortex and brainstem? Progressive and irreversible. Patients often experience visual hallucinations first and then tremors.
What is ataxia?
What is the lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements - affects gait, speech.
What substance use disorder is Delirium Tremens related to?
What is alcohol withdrawal?
What assessment tool is used during alcohol withdrawal, and which is used for opiate withdrawal?
What are CIWA and COWS?
Depression is common in the elderly. What type of antidepressants are prescribed first?
In traumatic brain injury, what is the most common neurobehavioral symptoms?
What is amnesia?
What is agnosia?
What is the inability to process sensory information?
What is a substance-use disorder?
What is a persistent substance use problem despite the substantial harmful and adverse consequences?
What safety precaution, as a nurse, should you consider when a patient detoxes from alcohol?
What are seizure precautions?
What class of drug is given for alcohol withdrawal?
What are benzodiazepines?
What is Delerium?
What is the sudden onset of a temporary mental state characterized by confusion, anxiety, incoherent speech, and hallucinations?
What is Wernicke's encephalopathy?
What is encephalopathy in alcoholics caused by a thiamine deficiency? Symptoms include paralysis, diplopia, and ataxia.
What are two psychological predisposing factors for a substance use disorder?
What are certain personality traits, irrational thinking problems, punitive superego?
When collecting a patient history on someone with anxiety and a new prescription of benzodiazepines, what past and current history would you want to know about?
What is alcohol dependence?
What effects do alcohol and caffeine have on anxiolytic medications?