The nurse is explaining the difference between dementia and delirium to the spouse of a client with Alzheimer's disease. What should the nurse say to make this distinction?
1. "Delirium is easily distinguished from dementia."
2. "Dementia is reversible and treatable."
3. "Delirium is an acute and reversible syndrome."
4. "Dementia is the only condition that is characterized by changes in memory, judgment, language, mathematic calculation, abstract reasoning, and problem-solving ability."
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Both dementia and delirium have many of the same characteristics.
Rationale 2: Delirium is an acute, reversible syndrome; dementia is not.
Rationale 3: Once the underlying pathology is treated, the delirium disappears.
Rationale 4: Both dementia and delirium have many of the same characteristics.
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