You are the night shift nurse caring for a patient who had a craniotomy that morning. The patient becomes disoriented, can't sleep, and begins to hallucinate. The nurse knows that the patient is exhibiting symptoms of what?
A) Sundowning
B) Postoperative syndrome
C) Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
D) Korsakoff's syndrome
Ans: D
Feedback: Korsakoff's syndrome is a disorder characterized by psychosis, disorientation, delirium, insomnia, and hallucinations. The scenario does not describe sundowning or cerebral salt-wasting syndrome. Postoperative syndrome is a distracter for this question.
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