Dementia: Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning by Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C

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The lecture Dementia: Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning by Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C is from the course Management of Neurocognitive Conditions in the Older Adult (release in progress).


Included Quiz Questions

  1. Conducting routine and targeted lab tests to rule out other medical conditions
  2. Starting treatment immediately based on symptoms
  3. Prescribing medication based on family concerns
  4. Referring to a specialist without performing initial cognitive screening tests
  5. Administering only a cognitive screening tool to confirm the diagnosis
  1. To provide insight into the patient's level of cognitive functioning in combination with other clinical data
  2. To diagnose the specific subtype of dementia
  3. To establish a definitive diagnosis without further testing
  4. To determine the exact stage of dementia
  5. To rule out all other causes of cognitive decline
  1. Consider the likelihood of vascular dementia and integrate the patient's full history and physical into the diagnosis
  2. Rule out dementia based on the screening tool score
  3. Schedule another screening tool for confirmation
  4. Assume the cognitive symptoms are related to depression
  5. Immediately refer the patient to a psychiatrist

Author of lecture Dementia: Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning

 Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C

Kimberly Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C


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