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NUR 211 Exam 3
- Definition of cognition
Answer The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding though thought, experience and the senses.
- Scope of Cognition
Answer Basic perception, pattern, attention
HIGHER ORDER
learning, insight, problem solving, reason
- Level of Conciousness
Answer the way that a person is alert, oriented, attends ques- tions and responds appropriately
- Orientations x3
Answer Time
know when they are Place know where they are Person know who they are and others are
- Sundowning**
Answer becoming restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening, or night 1 / 3
- aphasia
Answer impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area or to Wernicke's area
can be inability to communicate or inability to understand words.
- anomia
Answer Loss of the ability to name objects or retrieve names of people
- apraxia
Answer forgetting how to perform activities
- agnosia
Answer the inability to recognize familiar objects.
- cause of delirium**
Answer polypharmacy
drug/drug interactions diseases Strokes
- CAM tool**
Answer Confusion Assessment Method
- What is CAM used for?**
Answer tool used to help diagnose delirium. 2 / 3
- Who do we assess with the Confusion assessment tool?**
Answer any older person who appears confused/disoriented or has a change in behavior or loss of concious- ness
- Delirium**
Answer a sudden deterioration in behavior, cognition, function.
- Assessment for delirium**
Answer Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
- Intervention for Delirium?**
Answer antibiotics for infection, IV Hydration and supplements to resolve imbalance decrease sensory overload
stop/change medication
- prevention of delirium
- Assessment for Dementia**
Answer Address proper medical care for illness Proper hydration Proper medication use decrease external stimuation
Answer History Self Report
Mini Mental State Exam Mini-Cog CAM
- Cause of Dementia
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