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An older adult with dementia describes a pencil as that thing that writes and a water faucet as the thing you turn. The nurse documents which problem?
 
  a. Echolalia
  b. Apraxia
  c. Agnosia
  d. Amnesia

Question 2

A patient in the emergency department says, I took a drug that makes me feel like I'm outside my body looking at the world. Colors move like music. The nurse should assess that the patient
 
  a. probably has schizophreniform disorder.
  b. has probably ingested a hallucinogen.
  c. is experiencing formication.
  d. is using confabulation.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Agnosia is defined as failure to recognize or identify objects despite intact sensory function. Apraxia refers to inability to carry out motor activities. Echolalia is repeating what others say. Amnesia refers to learning and recalling information.

Answer to Question 2

B
Symptoms of hallucinogen use include depersonalization, loss of reality, hallucinations, synesthesia, panic, paranoid thinking, and loss of contact with reality. Data given in the scenario do not support a schizophreniform disorder, formication (abnormal crawling sensations under the skin), or confabulation.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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