The nurse assures an anxious family member of a 92-year-old patient who is demonstrating signs of dementia that many causes of dementia are reversible and preventable. What is one example?
a. Hypotension
b. Alzheimer disease
c. Diabetes
d. Parkinson disease
ANS: A
Some forms of dementia are reversible. Dementia caused by hypotension, anemia, drug toxicity, metabolic disturbance, and malnutrition can all be corrected to abolish the dementia.
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1. Creativity 2. Productivity 3. Concern for next generation 4. Concern for self
Reasoned thought is characterized by the lack of:
a. reflection. b. emotion. c. parity. d. contrast.
The nurse is correct when explaining to the patient that the portion of the heart that is responsible for contracting the muscle layers in order to pump blood is which structure?
a. Myocardium b. Endocardium c. Epicardium d. Pericardium
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