This complication of Parkinson Disease (PD) is the loss of movement altogether.
What is akinesia?
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A nurse taking care of a patient with Parkinson Disease knows to provide _______-protein, ______-calorie foods or supplements to maintain weight
What is High-protein, High-calorie
100
This expression is often seen in Parkinson’s patients and makes it difficult to read their emotions
What is “mask-like” facies
100
What side effects are associated with Dopamine Agonists?
What is Orthostatic Hypotension, hallucinations, sleepiness and drowsiness?
100
The four cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's disease
What is tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability
200
This complication is the most well-known of all the complications of Parkinson Disease (PD), and is characterized by the involuntary movement of an extremity, most often the hands.
What is a tremor?
200
True or false: When giving medications for Parkinson Disease, the nurse does not need to follow a strict medication schedule. Medications can be given at any time as long as they receive them that day.
What is False - Administer medications promptly on schedule to maintain continuous therapeutic drug levels
200
This is common description of a Parkinson’s patients gait
What is slow, shuffled
200
In almost all patients, this drug is prescribed when symptoms are severe or interferes with work or school.
What is Levodopa-Carbidopa?
200
Most are diagnosed with this type of Parkinson's disease
What is primary or idiopathic
300
Parkinson Disease (PD) reduces the sympathetic nervous system’s influence on the heart and blood vessels, and this loss results in this, a condition that presents itself when the position of the body is changed quickly.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
300
Patients with Parkinson Disease should be monitored for side effects of medications that include ________ _______, hallucinations, and acute confusional state (delirium).
What is Orthostatic Hypotension
300
This is the most common “hallmark” symptom of a patient with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s
What is tremors
300
The most important desired outcome of the drug therapy is?
What is to treat the symptoms of PD with the purpose of increasing the patient’s functional abilities and quality of life?
300
Two neurotransmitters that stimulate basal ganglia
What is dopamine and acetylcholine
400
Parkinson Disease (PD) is often the lack of these two neurotransmitters in the blood system.
What is dopamine and acetylcholine?
400
Patients with Parkinson Disease should be referred to a ______ - _________ __________ when they are having difficulties swallowing or speaking.
What is Speech-Language Pathologist
400
Tremors can usually increase with this environmental factor
What is Stress
400
This type of drug mimics dopamine by stimulating dopamine receptors in the brain lessening the incidents of dyskinesias (problems with movement).
What is Dopamine Agonists?
400
When dopamine levels are decreased, it effects the ability for
What is refined voluntary movement
500
Stiffening of the posture of someone with Parkinson Disease (PD) due to the muscle loss of voluntary movement, is known as this.
What is rigidity?
500
True or False: A patient with Parkinson Disease should be dressed by the direct care staff since they become frustrated and it is too time consuming for them to dress themselves.
What is False - Allow the patient time to perform ADL's and mobility skills.
500
This term describes the change in handwriting that is noticed in Parkinson’s patients
What is Microphaphia
500
What is the benefit of using several drugs (entacapone, levodopa and carbidopa) in combination?
What is the disease can be treated in several ways producing better results?
500
Known risk factors of Parkinson's disease
What is What are pesticides, herbicides, drinking well water, age older than 40yrs old, and industrial chemicals and metals.