Bates Chapter 9 All Answers Correct
1. When assessing mental status, which activity is a nurse likely to use?
A) Examining the patient's electroencephalogram (EEG)
B) Observing the patient's response to a set of questions
C) Inquiring about the patient's intelligence quotient (IQ)
D) Obse...
Bates Chapter 9 All Answers Correct
1. When assessing mental status, which activity is a nurse likely to use?
A) Examining the patient's electroencephalogram (EEG)
B) Observing the patient's response to a set of questions
C) Inquiring about the patient's intelligence quotient (IQ)
D) Observing the patient's behaviors
Correct answer: D) Observing the patient's behaviors
2. What is a true statement about children and mental status?
A) Children's mental status is largely a function of their parents' level of functioning until age 7.
B) Children are highly labile and unstable until age 2.
C) Children's mental status is impossible to assess until they develop the ability to concentrate.
D) All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent.
Correct answer: D) All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent.
3. What can a nurse expect when assessing the mental status of a 75-year-old man?
A) He will have difficulty on tests of remote memory.
B) He will have a decrease in his response time due to loss of language and decline in general
knowledge.
C) He may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should not have
declined.
D) He will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time.
, Correct answer: C) He may take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should
not have declined.
4. What should a nurse assess first when evaluating an aging adult's mental status?
A) Presence of phobias
B) General intelligence
C) Presence of irrational thinking patterns
D) Sensory-perceptive abilities
Correct answer: D) Sensory-perceptive abilitiesAge-related changes in sensory perception can affect
mental status. For example,
vision loss may result in apathy, social isolation, and depression. Hearing changes are common in older
adults, which produces frustration, suspicion, and social isolation
and makes the person appear confused.
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.
ANS: B
The full mental status examination is a systematic check of emotional and cognitive
functioning. The steps described, however, rarely need to be taken in their entirety.
Usually, one can assess mental status through the context of the health history
interview.
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