Advanced Health Assessment - January 2020, nurs_612_34w_20/sp
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If you had asked Tina to tell you the meaning of the proverb “Don’t cry over spilled milk,” what would you have been
Subjective Data
Collection
assessing?
Objective Data Collection Correct: Abstract reasoning can be assessed by asking the patient to interpret a common proverb or to identify similarities between two objects.
Education & Empathy Impaired judgment
Memory
Documentation Abstract reasoning (Correct Response)
Cognition
Lifespan
Review Questions
Suppose that Tina had been unable to identify the pen you were holding. What is the name of this symptom?
Self-Reflection
Correct: Agnosia is characterized by the inability to identify objects or people. This condition may be limited to only one sense (such as vision or
hearing), and is usually caused by a neurological condition or brain injury.
Apraxia
Discrimination loss
Memory loss
Agnosia (Correct Response)
Which of the following is a component of assessing cognition?
Correct: Cognitive assessments may include an analysis of a patient’s orientation, attention, memory, new learning ability, vocabulary,
information knowledge, and calculating ability.
Memory (Correct Response)
Emotional response
Speech
Affect
Distinguish between inappropriate affect and appropriate affect, and provide an example of each.
Student Response:
Affect is temporary and behavioral expression of feelings or a persons state of mind. Appropriate affect is mood congruent so the emotion
matches the circumstance whereas inappropriate affect is the opposite such as a person laughing at being told of a death in their family or a
friend.
Model Note: Affect is the temporary behavioral expression of feelings or state of mind. Appropriate affect is emotional expression that is
congruent with a situation. For example, a high school student who cheers upon learning that she was accepted to a prestigious college would
be a display of appropriate affect. Inappropriate affect is the display of feelings that are incongruent with the circumstances. For example, a
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