Psych Nursing Test IV
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37 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dysnomia | inability to name objects |
| dysgraphia | inpaired ability to write |
| delirium | transient cognitive disorder, usually with sudden onset |
| asterixis | flapping of hands |
| dementia | altered mental state secondary to cerebral disease |
| primary dementia | dementia as an organic brain disease |
| secondary dementia | dementia caused by or r/t another condition |
| stage 1 Alzheimer's | mild memory loss that victim attempts to compensate for |
| stage 2 Alzheimer's | beginning trouble with ADLs as evidenced by poor hygiene; bigger memory gaps |
| stage 3 Alzheimer's | limited language; impaired gross motor skills; large memory gaps that victim is aware of |
| stage 4 Alzheimer's | unable to communicate; unable to recognize even close family members and friends, totally dependent |
| apraxia | inability to carry out complex motor movements |
| aphasia | language disturbances |
| agnosia | failure to recognize common objects or uses for them |
| disturbance in executive function | can't plan or organize |
| sexual identity | whether one is physically male or female |
| gender identity | whether one views oneself as masculine or feminine |
| sexual orientation | whether one is attracted to opposite or same sex (or both) |
| sexual behavior | how one responds to their own sexual impulses |
| transsexual | when one identifies with the opposite sex; feels like they are in the wrong sex body |
| transvestite | when one dresses as if the opposite sex |
| paraphilia | psychological disorders in which person has preoccupation with sexual fantasies & sexual urges that are nontraditional & socially unacceptable |
| frotteurism | gaining sexual pleasure by touching or rubbing against someone without their consent |
| sexual masochism | derive sexual pleasure by being beaten, humiliated during the sexual act |
| sexual sadism | derive sexual pleasure by inflicting pain or humiliation on sexual partner during sexual act |
| voyeurism | derive sexual pleasure by watching others have sex |
| substance abuse | use of mood altering chemical in a manner that deviates from accepted behavior |
| physical dependence (addiction) | altered physiological state produced by repeated administration of drug (tolerance & w/d syndrome) |
| psychological dependence (habituation) | craving or compulsion to take drug to "feel good" |
| Wernicke's encephalopathy | confusion; excitement or stupor; peripheral neuropathy; diploplia -- all r/t a degenerative deficiency of the brain due to thiamine deficiency |
| Korsakoff's psychosis | memory problems; confabulation; impaired taste & smell -- an irreversible condition r/t thiamine deficiency |
| fetor hepaticus | breath that smells like feces |
| barbituates | Phenobarb, Amytalm Nembutalm Seconal |
| tranquilizers/antianxiety drugs | benzodiazepines |
| narcotics (opiates) | Demerol, morphine, heroin, codeine, designer drugs |
| amphetamines | caffiene, nicotine, cocaine, crack, meth |
| synesthesia | "hearing light & seeing sound" |
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