NUR 188: Chapter 5 Exam
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During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
A. Examining the patient's electroencephalogram
B. Observing the patient as he or she performs an IQ test
C. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunctions
D. Examining the patients response to a specific set of questions - CORRECT
ANSWER-C. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunctions
The nurse is assessing the mental status of a child. What statement about children
and mental status is true?
A. All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent
B. Children are highly labile and unstable until the age of 2 years.
C. Children's mental status is largely a function of their parents level of functioning
until the age of 7 years.
,D. A child's mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability
to concentrate. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. All aspects of mental status in children
are interdependent.
The nurse is assessing a 75-year-old man. As the nurse begins the mental status
portion of the assessment, the nurse expects that this patient:
A. Will have no decrease in his abilities, including his response time.
B. Will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this ability typically
decreases with age.
C. May take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities
should not have declined.
D. Will exhibit a decrease in his response time because of the loss of language and
a decrease in general knowledge. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. May take a little
longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should not have
declined.
When assessing aging adults, the nurse knows that one of the first things that
should be assessed before making judgments about their mental status is:
a. Presence of phobias
b. General intelligence
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, c. Presence of irrational thinking patterns
d. Sensory-perceptive abilities - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Sensory-perceptive
abilities
The nurse is preparing to conduct a mental status examination. Which statement is
true regarding the mental status examination?
a. A patients family is the best resource for information about the patients coping
skills.
b. Gathering mental status information during the health history interview is
usually sufficient.
c. Integrating the mental status examination into the health history interview takes
an enormous amount of extra time.
d. To get a good idea of the patients level of functioning, performing a complete
mental status examination is usually necessary. - CORRECT ANSWER-b.
Gathering mental status information during the health history interview is usually
sufficient.
A woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly
worried because after a recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his
memory of recent events. Which statement reflects the nurses best course of
action?
a. Perform a complete mental status examination.
Questions and Answers 100%
PASS
During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
A. Examining the patient's electroencephalogram
B. Observing the patient as he or she performs an IQ test
C. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunctions
D. Examining the patients response to a specific set of questions - CORRECT
ANSWER-C. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunctions
The nurse is assessing the mental status of a child. What statement about children
and mental status is true?
A. All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent
B. Children are highly labile and unstable until the age of 2 years.
C. Children's mental status is largely a function of their parents level of functioning
until the age of 7 years.
,D. A child's mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability
to concentrate. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. All aspects of mental status in children
are interdependent.
The nurse is assessing a 75-year-old man. As the nurse begins the mental status
portion of the assessment, the nurse expects that this patient:
A. Will have no decrease in his abilities, including his response time.
B. Will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this ability typically
decreases with age.
C. May take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities
should not have declined.
D. Will exhibit a decrease in his response time because of the loss of language and
a decrease in general knowledge. - CORRECT ANSWER-C. May take a little
longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should not have
declined.
When assessing aging adults, the nurse knows that one of the first things that
should be assessed before making judgments about their mental status is:
a. Presence of phobias
b. General intelligence
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, c. Presence of irrational thinking patterns
d. Sensory-perceptive abilities - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Sensory-perceptive
abilities
The nurse is preparing to conduct a mental status examination. Which statement is
true regarding the mental status examination?
a. A patients family is the best resource for information about the patients coping
skills.
b. Gathering mental status information during the health history interview is
usually sufficient.
c. Integrating the mental status examination into the health history interview takes
an enormous amount of extra time.
d. To get a good idea of the patients level of functioning, performing a complete
mental status examination is usually necessary. - CORRECT ANSWER-b.
Gathering mental status information during the health history interview is usually
sufficient.
A woman brings her husband to the clinic for an examination. She is particularly
worried because after a recent fall, he seems to have lost a great deal of his
memory of recent events. Which statement reflects the nurses best course of
action?
a. Perform a complete mental status examination.
