Inflammation / Cognition Flashcards
(103 cards)
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What is Ambivalence?
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mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
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What is Associative Looseness?
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inability to concentrate on a single thought
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What is Bizarre Behaviors?
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not normal behavior like walking backwards constantly
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What is Echolalia?
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repeats words spoken to them
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What is Echopraxia?
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purposeful imitation of movements made by others
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What is Flight of Ideas?
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someone speaks quickly and rapidly switches between ideas that are not obviously connect.
Ex: I love the sky. My water bottle is cold.
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What is Perseveration?
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repetition of particular response such as a word, phrase, or gesture
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What is Ideas of reference?
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false belief that random or irrelevant occurrence’s in the world directly relate to oneself
Ex: the newspaper is telling them that their mom is talking to them
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What is Distortion in Perception-bizarre?
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What is Alogia?
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mumble or respond vaguely
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What is Anhedonia?
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lack of pleasure or joy
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What is Apathy?
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lack of motivation, interest or emotional expression
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What is Blunted Affect?
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reduced ability to express emotions through facial expression, tone of voice, physical movements
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What is Catatonia?
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person to appear unresponsive to their surroundings and environment which include
- lack of movement
- fast or strange movements
- lack of speech
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What is Inattention?
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lack of attention
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What is Verbigeration?
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repeating words, phrases, sentences in a way that is meaningless
ex: dog cat ate car work
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What is Flat affect?
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lack of facial expression
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What is Clang association?
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words that rhyme together
ex: bee see me tree
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What is Neologism?
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made up word
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What is Stilted language?
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speak in a formal or unnatural way
Ex: mr. wagoner
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What is Word Salad?
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jumble of words together
ex: bags stain purple vacuum. I no coffee lamp car. bag up me phone
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What is Persecutory delusion?
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pt. believes a person or group wants to hurt them and firmly believe that it is true.
ex: my neighbor breaks into my house and steals my clothes
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What is Grandiose delusion?
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pt. believes they are some sort of higher power.
ex: someone believes they are the president or superman.
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What is Paranoid Delusion?
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fixed false belief that someone is being threatened or mistreated
ex: the FBI is watching them
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What is Religious delusion?
fixed belief that is not open to change believes that
- supernatural abilites
- religious mission
- persecuted for religious reasons
- possessed by evil spirit
- cursed by black magic
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What is Command hallucination?
auditory hallucination that involve hearing voices that instruct the person to do something
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What is Referential delusion?
belief that ordinary events and normal human behavior have hidden meanings that somehow relate to the pt.
ex: believing when a person is bowling their nose they are giving you nonverbal cues
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What is visual hallucination?
a perception of something visual that is not actually there
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What is auditory hallucination?
hearing voices
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What is DSM-5-TR?
a manual use by clinicians and reseachers to diangose and classify mental disorders
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision)
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What is psychoanalysis?
therapy that helps people understand how their past experiences shape their present and how to deal with those influences
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What is transference?
when someone redirects their feelings about one person onto someone else
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What is countertransference?
a clinicians lets their own feelings shape the way they interact with or react to their client in therapy
(can be a trigger)
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What is free association?
therapeutic technique where the patient shares thoughts, words, and feelings without censoring themselves
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What is avolition?
lack of motivation
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What is anergia?
lack of energy
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What is somatic belief?
believing something about a body part
Ex: bugs are under my skin
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What are positive symptoms for schizophrenia?
- disorganized thinking
- hallucinations
- delusions
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What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
the 6 a's
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What does a person need to have to be diagnosed with schizophrenia?
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What is the main goal for inpatient schizophrenia?
to stabilize them on their meds and send them safely back into the world.
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What is the nurses priority with a schizophrenia pt.?
safety
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What should you ask the patient about if they are schizophrenic?
- If they have any hallucinations and what type
- if they have thoughts of harming themselves or others
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What type of environment should you provide a person with schizophrenia?
- decreased stimuli
- headphones/ tv to distract the voices
- calm environment
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What is AIMS?
Abnormal involuntary movement scale
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What does AIMS screen for?
tool used to monitor involuntary movements and tardive dyskinesia in clients who take antipsychotics
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What is the goal of treatment for schizos?
- suppression of acute episodes
- prevention of acute recurrence
- maintenance of highest possible level of functioning
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What are first generation antipsychotics for?
- mainly used to control positive symptoms
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Who do we give first generation antipsychotics to?
- pt. who use them successfully and can tolerate adverse effects
- concerned about cost of second generation
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What is the first level of first generation antipsychotics?
- Low potency
- Low EPS
- High sedation
- High anticholinergic adverse effects
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What is the second level of first generation antipsychotics?
- medium potency
- moderate EPS
- moderate sedation
- low anticholinergic adverse affects
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What is the third level of first generation antipsychotics?
- High potency
- high EPS
- low sedation
- low anticholinergic adverse affects
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What are second generation antipsychotics for?
- first line of treatment
- reliefs both + and - s/s
- fever adverse affects
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What are the advantages for second generation antipsychotics?
- improve memory
- fewer or no EPS
- fewer anticholinergic effects
- less relapse
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What are third generation antipsychotics used for?
treat both + and - while improving cognitive function
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What are the advantages of third generation antipsychotics?
- decreased EPS
- lower risk for weight gain
- lower risk for anticholinergic effects
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What are the first generation antipsychotics?
- Haloperidol
- Fluphenazine
- Loxapine
- Thiothixene
- Perphenazine
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What are complications of first generation antipsychotics?
- agranulocytosis
- anticholinergic effects
- extrapyramidal adverse effects
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What should you teach the pt. about agranulocytosis?
- monitor for fever, sore throat
(signs of infection)
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What is the number you should discontinue for WBC on FGA?
below 3,000
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What are the anticholinergic effects?
- dry mouth
- blurred vision
- photophobia
- urinary retention
- constipation
- tachycardia
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What are some nursing interventions for anticholinergic effects for FGA?
- chewing gum
- sipping on water
- wear sunglasses outdoors
- fiber
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What are the extrapyramidal adverse effects?
- acute dystonia
- pseudoparkinsonism
- Akathisia
- tardive dyskinesia
- neuroendocrine effect
- neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- orthostatic hypotension
- sedation
- seizures
- severe dysrhythmias
- sexual dysfunction
- skin effects
- liver impairment
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What are second generation antipsychotic drugs?
- clozapine
- risperidone
- olanzapine
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What is the most common therapeutic diet for the client with AGN?
low sodium, potassium, and sometimes fluid restriction.
Lower protein- more so with chronic
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What is the potential long-term prognosis for AGN?
Most are resolved. In children, 1% and 10% of adults can have CKD
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What are the first signs/symptoms of AGN?
Hematuria, oliguria, proteinuria, coughing and SOB, facial puffiness (in the morning)
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What are the early signs/symptoms of CGN?
Swelling in the face or ankles, frequent urination, especially at night, foamy or bubbly urine, blood or
protein in the urine, high blood pressure.
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What are the signs/symptoms of kidney failure?
n/v, lack of appetite, tired, poor sleep, dry and itchy skin. Nighttime muscle cramps
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How can Acute Glomerular Nephritis (AGN) be prevented
Throat cultures and antibiotics – good diet after dx. Good hand hygiene
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What is the most important intervention in treating AGN?
Antibiotics
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What happens to the kidney in AGN?
Inflammation and clogging of the filtration system
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How do you assess fluid excess in the child with AGN?
Daily weights and papilledema/hand swelling can be common as well.
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What assessment findings may you expect in urine for glomerulonephritis?
Blood or protein (foamy or bubbly) in the urine. Urine can appear tea colored
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How long after strep infection does AGN develop?
2-3 Weeks
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Will the client have hypo or hypertension with glomerulonephritis?
Hypertension because retention of fluids
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Name five medications that can cause kidney damage:
* Contrast dye
* NSAIDS
* Laxatives
* PPI
* HIV medications
* Cholesterol medications (statins)
* Antibiotics
* Diuretics
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Serum
Creatinine range?
0.7-1.2
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Serum
Creatinine high or low in glomerulonephritis?
high
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Estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) normal range?
90-120
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Estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) high or low in glomerulonephritis?
low
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Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) normal range?
7-22
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Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) high or low in glomerulonephritis?
high
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Potassium normal range?
3.5-5
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Potassium high or low in glomerulonephritis?
high
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Urinalysis protein normal range?
more than 150 mg
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urinalysis protein high or low in glomerulonephritis?
0.5-4g/ 24 hrs moderate
over 4g in 24 hrs heavy
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Urinalysis specific gravity normal range?
1.005-1.030
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Urinalysis specific gravity high or low in glomerulonephritis?
1.010
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Calcium normal range?
8.4-10.2
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Calcium high or low in glomerulonephritis?
low
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Phosphorus normal range?
3-5.5
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Phosphorus high or low in glomerulonephritis?
high
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Identify meningitis manifestations associated with CNS infection in an infant client?
irritability, refusal to eat, fever, seizures, lethargy, rash/petechial- n/v
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Identify meningitis manifestations associated with CNS infection in an adult client?
Confusion, Stiff neck/nuchal rigidity, headache, photophobia, fever, rash, drowsy/lethargic. n/v
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What is a positive Brudzinski’s sign?
Bend the neck and pain happens in opposite extremities
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What is a positive Kernig’s sign?
Flex hips and legs and feel a shooting pain up into your spine
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List orders and the rationale that you may expect for a patient who is in a stupor with meningitis?
- Maintain HOB (at least 20 degrees) - mannitol
- seizure precautions
- possible mechanical ventilation
- paralytics (at times)
- fever management (hypothermia - - blanket/protocol)
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Nursing interventions for a stable patient with meningitis?
- Maintain droplet and contact (difference- bacterial, highly contagious)
* Administer abx
* Monitor ICP- elevate bed, mannitol
* Maintain temp
* Seizure precautions
* Assess for rash
* Cluster cares
* Prevent injury from immobility (turns every two hours and checking under hypothermia blanket hourly for
breakdown or per facility policy)
* Decrease stimuli/lighting
* Assess neurological status- breathing/cranial nerves if indicated.
* Antipyretics
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CRP normal range?
less than 1
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What are some nursing cares you should provide for the patient who is NPO?
- Good oral hygiene- swabs
- toothbrush with toothpaste
- chlorhexidine wash
- gum (if allowed)
- maintain upright position
- more frequent glucose checks (prednisone)
- residual checks
- mobility (constipation/retention), - - TPN
- Don’t talk about food.
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What is acute pancreatitis?
inflammatory process due to activated pancreatic enzymes autodigesting the pancreas ranges from mild to necrotizing hemorrhagic
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What is chronic pancreatitis?
Progressive destructive disease of inflammation and fibrosis of the pancreas
