NSG 3160 / NSG3160 EXAM 2 | HEALTH
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | LATEST 2025/2026
GUIDE
Normal Mental Status Findings
- Correct Answer - Findings in older adults that include appropriate
appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought process.
Abnormal Mental Status Findings
- Correct Answer - Findings in older adults that include restlessness,
facial grimaces, and poor hygiene.
Normal Appearance
- Correct Answer - Posture erect, body movements equal/coordinated,
dress appropriate, well groomed, pupils react to light.
Abnormal Appearance
- Correct Answer - Restless, facial grimaces, involuntary tics, slumped in
chair, dragging feet, inappropriate dress, unilateral neglect, poor
hygiene, dilated/constricted pupils.
Normal Behavior
,- Correct Answer - Level of consciousness (LOC), appropriate facial
expression, articulate speech, and appropriate mood and affect.
Abnormal Behavior
- Correct Answer - Loses track of conversation, lethargic, flat or masklike
expression, slow speech, dysarthria.
Normal Cognitive Function
- Correct Answer - Orientation to person/place/time, attention span,
recent memory, remote memory, new learning, and writing.
Abnormal Cognitive Function
- Correct Answer - Disorientation, digression from initial thought, remote
memory loss, and aphasia.
Normal Thought Process
- Correct Answer - Thoughts that make sense and perceptions
consistent with reality.
Abnormal Thought Process
- Correct Answer - Illogical thought processes, obsessions, compulsions,
illusions, and hallucinations.
, Delirium
- Correct Answer - Acute confusional change or loss of consciousness
and perceptual disturbance due to acute illness.
Dementia
- Correct Answer - Gradual, progressive process causing decreased
cognitive function.
Alert
- Correct Answer - Awake or readily aroused.
Lethargic
- Correct Answer - Not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated.
Obtunded
- Correct Answer - Transitional state between lethargy and stupor.
Stupor
- Correct Answer - Spontaneously unconscious, only responds to
persistent and vigorous shake or pain.
Coma
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ | LATEST 2025/2026
GUIDE
Normal Mental Status Findings
- Correct Answer - Findings in older adults that include appropriate
appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought process.
Abnormal Mental Status Findings
- Correct Answer - Findings in older adults that include restlessness,
facial grimaces, and poor hygiene.
Normal Appearance
- Correct Answer - Posture erect, body movements equal/coordinated,
dress appropriate, well groomed, pupils react to light.
Abnormal Appearance
- Correct Answer - Restless, facial grimaces, involuntary tics, slumped in
chair, dragging feet, inappropriate dress, unilateral neglect, poor
hygiene, dilated/constricted pupils.
Normal Behavior
,- Correct Answer - Level of consciousness (LOC), appropriate facial
expression, articulate speech, and appropriate mood and affect.
Abnormal Behavior
- Correct Answer - Loses track of conversation, lethargic, flat or masklike
expression, slow speech, dysarthria.
Normal Cognitive Function
- Correct Answer - Orientation to person/place/time, attention span,
recent memory, remote memory, new learning, and writing.
Abnormal Cognitive Function
- Correct Answer - Disorientation, digression from initial thought, remote
memory loss, and aphasia.
Normal Thought Process
- Correct Answer - Thoughts that make sense and perceptions
consistent with reality.
Abnormal Thought Process
- Correct Answer - Illogical thought processes, obsessions, compulsions,
illusions, and hallucinations.
, Delirium
- Correct Answer - Acute confusional change or loss of consciousness
and perceptual disturbance due to acute illness.
Dementia
- Correct Answer - Gradual, progressive process causing decreased
cognitive function.
Alert
- Correct Answer - Awake or readily aroused.
Lethargic
- Correct Answer - Not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated.
Obtunded
- Correct Answer - Transitional state between lethargy and stupor.
Stupor
- Correct Answer - Spontaneously unconscious, only responds to
persistent and vigorous shake or pain.
Coma
