Title: Identify potential causes of cognitive impairment in clients/residents/patients.
Course: Nurse Aide I Condensed (14051-I-A) > Section: Communicating in the Healthcare Environment

Identification should include

- Parkinson’s disease
- multiple types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s
- strokes
- traumatic brain injuries
- alcoholism or drug toxicity (which can be reversed)
- depression
- delirium
- urinary tract infection (UTI).

Refer to Unit II in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2023.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What safety issues exist when communicating with a cognitively impaired client?
- Why is it important to notice and promptly report changes in the cognition of a client?