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Cognition: Delirium Dementia Alzheimer's

Across
N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist
Errors in perception of sensory stimuli
This professional is able to monitor for behavioral changes, check pt. environment for safety hazard, administer enteral feedings and ordered drug therapy.
Agnosia is the inability to process sensory information. Often there is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells.
One characteristic of AD
Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
Susceptibility gene for late onset Alzheimer's disease
Another characteristic of AD
Most common cause of dementia
Spreads to this part of the brain responsible for problem-solving and higher order cognitive functioning.
The loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language.
False sensory stijuli (see chapter 12)
Agitation, impaired ability to recognize close family and friends, apraxia, agnosia, alexia, aphasia,
Brief assessment tool for cognitive impairment
Down
Symptoms: loss of recent memory, flat affect, lack of spontaneity, impaired abstraction, cognition and judgment
Place of neuronal degeneration starts here (AD)
Another role of an RN
Motor disorder caused by damage to the brain (specifically the posterior parietal cortex), in which the individual has difficulty with the motor planning to perform tasks or movements when asked, provided that the request or command is understood and he/she is willing to perform the task
Another drug used for decreased memory and cognition (cholinesterase inhibitor)
Attacks indiscriminately. men, women, ethnicity, rich poor anyone.
Assessment tool for cognitive impairment
Additional roles of this nurse includes: determining possible precipitating factors for behavioral changes and develop strategies to address difficult behavior, assess the family caregiver's stress level and coping strategies, make referral for community services such as adult day care and respite care.
Another role of an RN
Cognitive impairment short-term & reversible.
Acronym for a tool used for assessing delirium
A neurological disorder marked by loss of the ability to understand written or printed language.
Roles include: assist patient to use the toilet, commode, or bedpan at frequent intervals, provide personal hygiene, skincare, oral care; help patient with eating; assist patients with daily activities; use bed alarms and surveillance to decrease risk for falls.
This tool is used to diagnose delirium.