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The Nurse Aide and Dementia & Alzheimer's Disease
Explore these videos, links and documents Dementia & Alzheimer's Disease:
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1. Dementia is a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is caused by physical changes in the brain.
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2. The most common form of dementia is:
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Vascular Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease
Mixed Dementia
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
3. Vascular dementia may result from all of the following EXCEPT:
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Hypertension
Diabetes
Stroke
Pneumonia
4. The nurse aide can intervene with the anxious patient by doing all of the following EXCEPT"
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Provide reassurance
Involve the person in activities
Ignore the behavior
Use calming phrases
5. The nurse aide caring for an aggressive patient should:
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Raise their voice
Ignore the patient
Restrain the patient
Identify the cause
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