Chapter 59 Dementia and Delirium: 10 Edition
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Chapter 59: Dementia and Delirium
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Question: A 68-year-old patient who is hospitalized with pneumonia is disoriented and confused 3 days after admission. Which information indicates that the patient is experiencing delirium rather than dementia?
- Question: Which intervention will the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with moderate dementia who had an appendectomy 2 days ago?
- Question: When administering a mental status examination to a patient with delirium, the nurse should
- Question: The nurse is concerned about a postoperative patients risk for injury during an episode of delirium. The
most appropriate action by the nurse is to
- Question: A 56-year-old patient in the outpatient clinic is diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?
- Question: The nurse is administering a mental status examination to a 48-year-old patient who has hypertension. The nurse suspects depression when the patient responds to the nurses questions with
- Question: A 68-year-old patient is diagnosed with moderate dementia after multiple strokes. During assessment of the patient, the nurse would expect to find
- Question: Which action will help the nurse determine whether a new patients confusion is caused by dementia or delirium?
- Question: A 72-year-old female patient is brought to the clinic by the patients spouse, who reports that she is unable to solve common problems around the house. To obtain information about the patients current mental status, which question should the nurse ask the patient?
- Question: A patient is being evaluated for Alzheimers disease (AD). The nurse explains to the patients adult children that
- Question: Which nursing action will be most effective in ensuring daily medication compliance for a patient with mild dementia?
- Question: A patient who has severe Alzheimers disease (AD) is being admitted to the hospital for surgery. Which intervention will the nurse include in the plan of care?
- Question: A 71-year-old patient with Alzheimers disease (AD) who is being admitted to a long-term care facility has had several episodes of wandering away from home. Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?
- Question: The day shift nurse at the long-term care facility learns that a patient with dementia experienced sundowning late in the afternoon on the previous two days. Which action should the nurse take?
- Question: The nurses initial action for a patient with moderate dementia who develops increased restlessness and agitation should be to
- Question: When administering the Mini-Cog exam to a patient with possible Alzheimers disease, which action will the nurse take?
- Question: Which hospitalized patient will the nurse assign to the room closest to the nurses station?
- Question: After change-of-shift report on the Alzheimers disease/dementia unit, which patient will the nurse assess first?
- Question: After reviewing the health record shown in the accompanying figure for a patient who has multiple risk factors for Alzheimers disease, which topic will be most important for the nurse to discuss with the patient?
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