NUR 2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM #2 STUDY
GUIDE
Chapter 5- Mental Status Assessment
Denver II Screening
o Test that give you a chance to interact directly
with the young child to asses mental status.
o Designed to detect developmental delays in
infants and preschoolers within four functions:
gross motor, language, fine motor-adaptive, and
personal-social skills.
o Helps identify young children who may be slow in
development in behavioral, language, cognitive,
and psychosocial areas.
o Has 125 items arranged in chronologic order and
displayed in groupings corresponding to
recommended ages for health-maintenance visits.
Different Levels of Consciousness
Be able to differentiate between dementia and delirium
GUIDE
Chapter 5- Mental Status Assessment
Denver II Screening
o Test that give you a chance to interact directly
with the young child to asses mental status.
o Designed to detect developmental delays in
infants and preschoolers within four functions:
gross motor, language, fine motor-adaptive, and
personal-social skills.
o Helps identify young children who may be slow in
development in behavioral, language, cognitive,
and psychosocial areas.
o Has 125 items arranged in chronologic order and
displayed in groupings corresponding to
recommended ages for health-maintenance visits.
Different Levels of Consciousness
Be able to differentiate between dementia and delirium
