Dementia Nursing Mnemonic (DEMENTIA)

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Outline

DEMENTIA

• DEMENTIA Make certain they don’t have problems with:
• D-Drugs and alcohol
• E-Eyes and ears
• M-Metabolic and endocrine disorders
• E-Emotional disorders
• N-Neurologic disorders
• T-Tumors and trauma
• I-Infection
• A-Arteriovascular disease

Description

When assessing a patient for dementia it is important to ensure that one of the following listed conditions isn’t an underlying cause for the dementia symptoms.