Author Question: In assessing a client, you suspect that the client's confusion may be a result of a pseudodementia. ... (Read 66 times)

strangeaffliction · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

In assessing a client, you suspect that the client's confusion may be a result of a pseudodementia. In the elderly, this term is sometimes used to refer to which of the following problems?

a. Alzheimer's disease
b. delirium
c. depression
d. vascular dementia

Question 2

A major difference in assessment findings between a patient with anorexia nervosa and a patient with bulimia nervosa is that the patient with bulimia:

a. is well nourished while the patient with anorexia nervosa is malnourished.
b. denies hunger while the patient with anorexia nervosa admits experiencing hunger.
c. is often of near-normal weight while the patient with anorexia nervosa is underweight.
d. has a distorted body image while the patient with anorexia nervosa has a realistic body image.

lorealeza · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
In the elderly the term pseudodementia is often used in relationship to depression. Pseudodementia often results in a significant impairment in cognition and is very often mistaken for dementia.

Answer to Question 2

C
Patients with anorexia nervosa are underweight; the patient with bulimia has experienced less weight loss. Both may be malnourished. Patients with anorexia nervosa deny hunger; patients with bulimia do not deny feeling hungry. Patients with anorexia nervosa have body-image distortion; patients with bulimia are more likely to experience body-image dissatisfaction.