A patient diagnosed with dementia associated with excessive alcohol use is shown a pencil, a nickel, and a safety pin and asked to repeat the names of each. Later when asked to identify these three items the patient is unable to do so
The nurse assesses this as: a. apraxia.
b. agnosia.
c. concreteness.
d. catastrophizing.
B
Agnosia is difficulty recognizing well-known objects.
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