ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: System Disorder

STUDENT NAME______________________________________
Neurocognitive Disorders: Stages of Alzheimer's Disease REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER__13
DISORDER/DISEASE PROCESS___________________________________________________________ __________

Alterations in Pathophysiology Related Health Promotion and

Health (Diagnosis) to Client Problem Disease Prevention
Alzheimer's Disease A nonreversible type of No prevention measures
dementia that progressively available
develops over many years

ASSESSMENT SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS
Risk Factors Expected Findings Wandering
Age/Gender Alzheimer's disease - 7 stages
Chemical Imbalance No impairment, very mild decline, mild Home safety
decline, moderate decline, moderately
Previous head injury sever decline, severe decline, very severe
decline Falls

Avoid
overstimulation
Laboratory Tests Diagnostic Procedures
No tests can diagnosis AD No procedures to diagnose AD Medication safety

Abuse

PATIENT-CENTERED CARE Complications

Restlessness and
Nursing Care Medications Client Education agitation
bowel/bladder program AD meds Consistency/Repetitive
Structured environment Structured environment Bladder and bowel
temporarily slow
Provide memory training problems
AD, but don't work Short directions
Reality orientation (early stages) for all patients Therapeutic touch
Validation therapy (later stages) Depression
Calendar for orientation
Most meds are Falls
used to treat
behavioral/emotion Infections
Therapeutic Procedures al problems. ex: Interprofessional Care Wandering
anxiety, agitation,
Ginkgo biloba: herbal to combativeness, & Seek legal counsel Malnutrition and
increase memory and blood depression Social services dehydration
circulation
Alzheimer's association
Pneumonia
Estrogen tx for women can long-term care
prevent AD respite care UTI

ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES Therapeutic Procedure  A11