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NUR 105 Cognition

• Alert

Answer patient is fully awake (not oriented) pt will have open eyes and respond to voice (may be confused) will have bodily motor functions

• Apraxia

Answer inability to manipulate objects or perform purposeful acts, not perform- ing cells

• Delirium

Answer acute confused state that begins with disorientation, if not recognized

• treated early it can progress to changes in level of consciousness, irreversibility, brain damage

or death

• Dementia

Answer broad term for a syndrome characterized by a general decline in higher brain functioning such as reasoning, with a pattern of eventual decline in the ability to perform basic activities of daily living, such as toileting or eating

• Dysgraphia

Answer difficult communicating via writing

• Dysphasia

Answer difficulty comprehending language + oral communication 1 / 2

• Orientation

Answer person's ability to recognize who + where he or she is in a time continuum; used to evaluate one's basic cognitive status

• Sundowning

Answer person with cognitive impairment + elderly people tend to be more confused or disoriented at the end of day

-diminished visual acuity , sensorineural + hearing loss -decreased sensory stimulation *MOST COMMON with dementia, Alzheimer's, delirium

• Visual agnosia

Answer inability to recognize objects by sight

*looking at a pen = not knowing what it is

• Exemplars

Answer

• Cognitive assessment

• Delirium
• Alzheimer's disease (most common with dementia)

• Cognition

Answer mental action + process of knowledge & understanding through thought, experience and all senses

-processes involved in human thought *sensory input, processing, storage, retrieval, use

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