Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD)
Phenomenon where individuals with dementia experience a worsening of their symptoms in the late afternoon or evening
What is Sundowners
This the strictest type of warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prescription drugs.
What is a Black Box Warning?
This excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction.
What is codependency?
Neurological condition that disrupts the brain's ability to plan and sequence the movements needed for purposeful actions, including speech
What is apraxia?
This deficiency is the established cause of an alcohol-linked neurological disorder known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) and is often prescribed to patients with AAD.
What is thiamine?
This has been implicated in the predisposition to substance abuse,expecially alcoholism.
What is Hereditary Factors?
Group of progressive brain disorders that cause a decline in cognitive abilities, impacting memory, thinking, reasoning, and behavior
What is Dementia?
Medication that blocks the good feelings alcohol causes, may prevent heavy drinking and reduce the urge to drink.
What is naltrexone and acamprosate?
The medication is used as a deterrent to drinking. Ingestion of alcohol while in the body results in a syndrome of symptoms that can cause varying degrees of discomfort.
What is Disulfiram/Antabuse?
Unintentional creation of false memories or information
What is confabulation?
A neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, rhythmic, and sometimes repetitive movements, often of the face, neck, and limbs, that can develop as a side effect of certain medications, particularly antipsychotics
What is Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)?
A medication used to rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan or naloxone?
Many people with Parkinson's who develop dementia may also be diagnosed with this specific type of Dementia.
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
A serious, potentially life-threatening neurological disorder primarily caused by antipsychotic medications. Symptoms including high fever, muscle rigidity, autonomic instability (unstable blood pressure and heart rate), and changes in mental status.
What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)>
Only the nurse who has taken this action will be effective in working with substance abuse patient.
What is the nurse must first examine their own feelings regarding personal substance use and substance use by others?
**Only the nurse who can be accepting and nonjudgmental of substance-use behaviors will be effective in working with these patients.