How will a patient respond to Alzheimer disease if diagnosed.
I thing patient become tensed while hearing this as most of the people know about this condition these days.they can be violoent due to anxiousness about the disease.they can not accept the reality which may lead to depression.
How would you respond to the following patient situations. A young woman diagnosed with breast cancer tells you she would like to explore other methods of healing prior to scheduling a mastectomy. A Native American woman refuses to allow an emergency department physician to start a transfusion on her husband who was involved in a car accident. She requests a consult with their shaman first. A patient undergoing chemotherapy is unable to find relief from her pain medication. A 60-year-old...
A patient was seen by a gastrointestinal specialist and diagnosed with a glycogen storage disease. A liver biopsy showed that the patient was producing very little glycogen, the molecules were relatively small, and they only had a(1,4) glycosidic linkages. Blood and liver glucose concentrations were within normal ranges. What enzyme is likely affected in this disease? a. glycogen synthase b. glycogen phosphorylate c. branching enzyme d. debranching enzyme e. hexokinase
A patient is recently diagnosed with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. What resources would you recommend for the family so that the patient could stay at home longer? What precautions should be recommended? What type of medications would be useful for the patient?
A 65-year-old patient is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The patient has emphysema and narrow-angle glaucoma. The primary care NP should consider beginning therapy with: a. selegiline. b. benztropine c. carbidopa/levodopa. d. ropinirole hydrochloride.
The nurse, caring for a patient diagnosed with Parkinson disease, knows that the tremors and rigidity are due to: Select all that apply. Group of answer choices Dysarthria. An increase in norepinephrine. A decrease in dopamine. Formation of amyloid plaque. An increase in cholinergic.
What the prevalence and incidence rates of Alzheimer disease 2017 by state ? i need it as Excel.
1. A patient is newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease stage 6 on the Global Deterioration Scale. The primary care NP should prescribe: donepezil (Aricept) rivastigmine (Exelon) memantine (Namenda) galantamine (Razadyne)
At what point are cholinesterase inhibitors no longer effective in the treatment of Alzheimer disease? When the brain size shrinks and can no longer produce acetylcholinesterase b. When the number of neural transmitters sufficiently decreases c. When the patient's ability to swallow is impaired d. When there are fewer intact neurons available to make acetylcholine 10. What is one of the side effects that is common to many of the antiepileptic drugs? a. Rash b. Increased sodium levels c. Folic...
Conjunctivitis: What populations are at highest risk of contracting the disease? How is the disease diagnosed and are there any groups of people who should be tested?
246 Diseases of the Human Body Discussion Questions/Personal Reflection I. It has been said that Alzheimer disease is harder on the family members than on the person who has the disease. Discuss why or how this might be true. Talk with someone who has lived with a person who has Alzheimer disease. How can one remain connected to a person with Alzheimer disease?