A Person with Alzheimer's Disease Is Taking a Drug Designed

question 162

Multiple Choice

A person with Alzheimer's disease is taking a drug designed to affect acetylcholine and glutamate and may experience:

• A) improvement in short-term memory but not in ability to cope under pressure.
• B) improvement in ability to cope under pressure but not in short-term memory.
• C) improvement both in short-term memory and in ability to cope under pressure.
• D) neither improvement in short-term memory, nor in ability to cope under pressure.

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Definitions:

Self-scrutiny

The practice of examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and actions critically and reflectively.

Nonverbal Communication

A method of transmitting information without the use of words, encompassing gestures, facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and other forms of expression without spoken language.

Nurse-patient Relationship

The professional and therapeutic connection established between a nurse and a patient to support the patient's health and well-being.

Human-to-human Model

A nursing theory that emphasizes the interpersonal relationship between nurse and patient as central to healing and care.