{"id":115193,"date":"2023-08-23T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=115193"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:31:01","slug":"nur-2755-nur2755-multidimensional-care-iv-mdc-4-final-exam-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/23\/nur-2755-nur2755-multidimensional-care-iv-mdc-4-final-exam-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"NUR 2755 \/ NUR2755 MULTIDIMENSIONAL CARE IV \/ MDC 4 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>MDC 4 NUR2755<br>FINAL EXAM<br>Alzheimer&#8217;s Mild Stage<br>-Forgets names; misplaces household items<br>-Has short-term memory loss and difficulty recalling new information<br>-Shows subtle changes in personality and behavior<br>Alzheimer&#8217;s Moderate Stage<br>-Is disoriented to time, place, and event<br>-Has difficulty driving and gets lost<br>-Incontinent<br>-Psychotic behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia<br>-Episodes of wandering, trouble sleeping<br>Alzheimer&#8217;s Late Stage<br>-Totally incapacitated; bedridden<br>-Totally dependent in ADLs<br>-Has agnosia<br>-Hallucinations<br>-Incontinence<br>-Difficulty eating<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apraxia<br>Difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements<br>Aphasia<br>Inability to speak or understand language<br>Anomia<br>Inability to recall the names of everyday objects<br>Agnosia<br>Loss of sensory comprehension, including facial recognition<br>Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnostics<br>-No laboratory test can confirm the diagnosis of AD<br>-Definitive diagnosis is made on the basis of brain tissue examination at autopsy, which<br>confirms the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques<br>Alzheimer&#8217;s medications<br>Cholinesterase inhibitors- Donepezil, galantamine<br>NMDA receptor antagonists- Memantine<br>Parkinson&#8217;s symptoms<br>-Slow, shuffling, and propulsive gait<br>-RESTING tremors<br>-Muscle rigidity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Bradykinesia\/akinesia (loss of ability to move muscles voluntarily)<br>-Mask Like face<br>-Drooling<br>-Postural instability<br>Parkinson&#8217;s diagnostics<br>-Diagnosis typically made based on manifestations, their progression, and by ruling out<br>other disease<br>-Analysis of CSF may show a decrease in dopamine levels<br>Parkinson&#8217;s medications<br>Carbidopa\/Levodopa (Sinemet)<br>Parkinson&#8217;s surgical interventions<br>Stereotactic pallidotomy or thalamotomy<br>Migraine triggers<br>-Caffeine<br>-Red wine<br>-MSG<br>-Foods high in tyramine (aged cheeses, cultured food like yogurt)<br>Migraine abortive therapy<br>Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, triptans, ergotamine derivatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Migraine preventative therapy<br>Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, antiepileptics, Botox<br>Migraine surgical treatment<br>Trigeminal nerve resection<br>Aura symptoms<br>-Visual disturbances<br>-Flashing lights\/lines\/spots<br>-Numbness of lips or tongue<br>-Acute confused state<br>-Aphasia<br>-Vertigo<br>-Unilateral weakness*<br>-Offensive smell<br>-&#8220;Deja vu&#8221; feeling<br>Multiple sclerosis clinical manifestations<br>-Muscle weakness and spasticity<br>-Intention tremors (tremor when performing an activity)<br>-Diplopia (double vision)<br>-Nystagmus (an involuntary condition in which the eyes make repetitive uncontrolled<br>movements)<br>-Depression\/labile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC 4 NUR2755FINAL EXAMAlzheimer&#8217;s Mild Stage-Forgets names; misplaces household items-Has short-term memory loss and difficulty recalling new information-Shows subtle changes in personality and behaviorAlzheimer&#8217;s Moderate Stage-Is disoriented to time, place, and event-Has difficulty driving and gets lost-Incontinent-Psychotic behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia-Episodes of wandering, trouble sleepingAlzheimer&#8217;s Late Stage-Totally incapacitated; bedridden-Totally dependent in ADLs-Has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}