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Final Exam: NR 572 / NR572 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Acute Care Management | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain
Question:
What type of delirium occurs more commonly and is easier to recognize?
Answer:
Hyperactive delirium
Question:
How do you diagnose delirium?
Answer:
Clinical diagnosis; acute and abrupt changes in LOC that may wax and wane throughout the day
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Question:
Symptoms of delirium
Answer:
Short-term memory impairment; Repeated questions; Hallucinations; Delusions
Question:
Difference between delirium and dementia
Answer:
Delirium: acute with obvious change from baseline; Dementia: progressive cognitive change and decline
Question:
Before diagnosing a hospitalized patient with delirium, what should be done first?
Answer:
Begin with ruling out potential underlying causes
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Question:
What are potential causes of delirium?
Answer:
DELIRVM: D - Drugs; E - External insults; L - Lesions from cancer; I -
Infections; R - Remote effects of cancer; V - Vascular causes; M - Metabolic causes
Question:
CAM-ICU (Confusion Assessment Method for ICU)
Answer:
Tool to assess delirium: acute onset mental status change, inattention,
disorganized thinking, altered level of consciousness; assess every shift
Question:
CAM-ICU scale
Answer:
See scale
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Question:
ICDSC (Intensive care delirium screening checklist)
Answer:
See photo
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Treatment for preventing or shortening duration of delirium
Answer:
Avoid benzos unless previously used; Don't abruptly stop benzos; Short-term antipsychotics if risk of harm
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Psychosis
Answer:
A mental state with distorted sense of reality; often secondary to endocrine, immunologic, or metabolic problems
Question:
Symptoms of psychosis
Answer:
Hallucinations; Delusions; Thought disorders; Disorganized behavior
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