Answer to Question 1
A
Delirium develops rapidly, as opposed to dementia, which has an insidious onset. Other symptoms of delirium include fluctuating level of consciousness, logical thoughts alternating with illogical thoughts, presence of visual hallucinations, and daynight sleep reversal. Loss of ability to abstract is also seen in dementia. Delusions are common to dementia.
Answer to Question 2
B
Formication is the term used when an individual describes feeling bugs crawling under the skin. It is seen in cocaine use. The other options refer to altered sensory perceptions of sight and sound or to inventing stories to make up for memory deficit.
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
Helping maintain accurate patient records is a critical part of the medical assistant's work.
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
Aquamatic pad and heating unit provide dry heat treatment to a patient’s arm.
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.
Promoting Adherence in the Older Adult Patient