NSG3160 NURSING FOUNDATIONS
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS ACCURATE RESPONSES
EXPERT REVIEW
◉ The nurse is assessing a patient who has a hearing impairment.
How should the nurse communicate with this patient?
1. Use a low tone voice and speak slowly
2. Use a normal tone of voice and speak slowly
3. Speak loudly with normal rate
4. Face the patient and speak slowly.
Answer: 4. Face the patient and speak slowly
Facing the patient is most important! Changing pitch or being louder
often makes it worse
◉ Person's feelings.
Answer: Emotions
◉ Person's knowledge.
Answer: Cognition
,◉ Appearance.
Answer: Posture, body movements, dress, grooming, hygiene
◉ Behavior.
Answer: LOC, facial expression, speech, mood and affect
◉ Cognition.
Answer: Orientation, attention span, recent & remote memory, new
learning
◉ Thought process.
Answer: Thought content, perceptions, suicidal thoughts
◉ The nurse must first evaluate the patient's ____________ __ __________
to accurately assess their mental status.
Answer: The nurse must first evaluate the patient's LEVEL OF
CONSCIOUSNESS to accurately assess their mental status
◉ Assessing orientation.
Answer: "What is today's date?"
◉ Assessing attention span.
, Answer: Give a series of directions
◉ Recent memory.
Answer: 24-hr diet recall
◉ Remote learning.
Answer: "What was your first job?"
◉ New learning.
Answer: Four unrelated words test
◉ What does the 4 words test assess at 5 minutes?.
Answer: New learning
◉ What does the 4 words test assess at 10 and 30 minutes?.
Answer: Recent memory
◉ Typically the mental status assessment is observed or obtained
____________ the subjective and objective data collection.
Answer: Typically the mental status assessment is observed or
obtained THROUGHOUT the subjective and objective data collection
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS ACCURATE RESPONSES
EXPERT REVIEW
◉ The nurse is assessing a patient who has a hearing impairment.
How should the nurse communicate with this patient?
1. Use a low tone voice and speak slowly
2. Use a normal tone of voice and speak slowly
3. Speak loudly with normal rate
4. Face the patient and speak slowly.
Answer: 4. Face the patient and speak slowly
Facing the patient is most important! Changing pitch or being louder
often makes it worse
◉ Person's feelings.
Answer: Emotions
◉ Person's knowledge.
Answer: Cognition
,◉ Appearance.
Answer: Posture, body movements, dress, grooming, hygiene
◉ Behavior.
Answer: LOC, facial expression, speech, mood and affect
◉ Cognition.
Answer: Orientation, attention span, recent & remote memory, new
learning
◉ Thought process.
Answer: Thought content, perceptions, suicidal thoughts
◉ The nurse must first evaluate the patient's ____________ __ __________
to accurately assess their mental status.
Answer: The nurse must first evaluate the patient's LEVEL OF
CONSCIOUSNESS to accurately assess their mental status
◉ Assessing orientation.
Answer: "What is today's date?"
◉ Assessing attention span.
, Answer: Give a series of directions
◉ Recent memory.
Answer: 24-hr diet recall
◉ Remote learning.
Answer: "What was your first job?"
◉ New learning.
Answer: Four unrelated words test
◉ What does the 4 words test assess at 5 minutes?.
Answer: New learning
◉ What does the 4 words test assess at 10 and 30 minutes?.
Answer: Recent memory
◉ Typically the mental status assessment is observed or obtained
____________ the subjective and objective data collection.
Answer: Typically the mental status assessment is observed or
obtained THROUGHOUT the subjective and objective data collection
