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What is MS
Progressive weakness of muscle due to loss of myelin sheath
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CNS (central nervous system) is made up of the brain and spinal cord
True
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What is Nerves
Structures that are made up of neurons that carry messages to and from the brain and to and from the rest of the body
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What is Changes due to aging
Loss of nerve cells, slowed responses, reduced sensory sensitivity, memory loss,
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What is Nurse aid good body posture when speaking to resident
Facing resident, speaking clear and loud, eye contact, give residents time to understand, think, then respond
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What is Parkinson’s Disease
Progressive nervous disease due to destruction of brain cells
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What is The three layers of the meninges are duramater, arachnoid, postmaster
False, duramater, arachnoid piamater
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What is Aphasia
Inability to speak
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What is thought and intelligence control
Cerebrum
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What is Nurse aid role for helping a person who is falling
Protect their head, don’t stop the fall, call nurse after
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What is CVA/Stroke
Damage to part of the brain due to blood clot or hemorrhage cutting off blood supply
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What is Wandering is when a resident is thinking about something
False, walking around
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What is Dysphasia
language disorder marked by deficiency in the generation of speech, and sometimes also in its comprehension, due to brain disease or damage
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What is A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills
Cerebellum
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What is Nurse aid role for helping person having a stroke
Move everything out of way so they don’t hit it, put something soft under the persons head, never put anything in their mouth, try to time the stroke, call nurse or call for 911 after
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What is Alzheimers
progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain
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What is Sundowning is confusion and agitation may get worse in the late afternoon and evening
True
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What is Amnesia
Memory loss
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What is The 5 sensory organs
Eyes, ears, mouth, skin, toungue
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What is Nurse aid role in helping someone having a hallucination
Distract! Redirect the conversation
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What is Dementia
Permanent and progressive loss of mental functions caused by female to the brain tissue
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What is An example of neglect can be not answering call light because patient is “always ringing it”
TRUE!
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What is Expressive amnesia
a type of aphasia characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language (a lot of effort)
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What Flows through the middle layers in the arachnoid space?
Cerebrospinal fluid
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What is Nurse aid role in ADL with a person with Dementia, or any other disease
Speak clear in calm nice voice, explain what you are doing step by step, plan in advance, keep regular schedule
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