As a Medical Assistant Working with Patients with Neurologic Disorders

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Essay

As a medical assistant working with patients with neurologic disorders, you must be able to recognize general symptoms of neurologic problems. Summarize five typical symptoms.

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Definitions:

Driving Errors

Mistakes made by drivers while operating a vehicle, which can range from perceptual errors to judgment lapses.

Divided Attention

The mental ability to process multiple sources of information simultaneously or switch focus among varying stimuli.

Attention Switching

The process of shifting focus from one task or stimulus to another, which plays a vital role in cognitive flexibility and multitasking abilities.

Automatic Task

A task performed with little or no conscious effort or control, often because it has been practiced to the point of automatization.