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Chapter 05: Mental Status Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
a. Examining the patients electroencephalogram
b. Observing the patient as he or she performs an intelligence quotient (IQ) test
c. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
d. Examining the patients response to a specific set of questions
ANS: C
Mental status cannot be directly scrutinized like the characteristics of skin or heart sounds. Its functioning is
inferred through an assessment of an individuals behaviors, such as consciousness, language, mood and affect,
and other aspects.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
2. The nurse is assessing the mental status of a child. Which statement about children and mental status istrue?
a. All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent.
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b. Children are highly labile and unstable until the age of 2 years.
c. Childrens mental status is largely a function of their parents level of functioning until the age of 7
years.
d. A childs mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability to concentrate.
ANS: A
Separating and tracing the development of only one aspect of mental status is difficult. All aspects are
interdependent. For example, consciousness is rudimentary at birth because the cerebral cortex is not yet
developed. The infant cannot distinguish the self from the mothers body. The other statements are not true.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
3. The nurse is assessing a 75-year-old man. As the nurse begins the mental status portion of the assessment,
the nurse expects that this patient:
a. Will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time.
b. Will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this ability typically decreases with age.
c. May take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should not have
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Physical
Examination and
Health
Assessment, 8th
Edition, Carolyn
Jarvis, ISBN:
9780323510806
, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK
Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis) 3
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, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK
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Chapter 05: Mental Status Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
a. Examining the patients electroencephalogram
b. Observing the patient as he or she performs an intelligence quotient (IQ) test
c. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
d. Examining the patients response to a specific set of questions
ANS: C
Mental status cannot be directly scrutinized like the characteristics of skin or heart sounds. Its functioning is
inferred through an assessment of an individuals behaviors, such as consciousness, language, mood and affect,
and other aspects.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
2. The nurse is assessing the mental status of a child. Which statement about children and mental status istrue?
a. All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent.
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b. Children are highly labile and unstable until the age of 2 years.
c. Childrens mental status is largely a function of their parents level of functioning until the age of 7
years.
d. A childs mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability to concentrate.
ANS: A
Separating and tracing the development of only one aspect of mental status is difficult. All aspects are
interdependent. For example, consciousness is rudimentary at birth because the cerebral cortex is not yet
developed. The infant cannot distinguish the self from the mothers body. The other statements are not true.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
3. The nurse is assessing a 75-year-old man. As the nurse begins the mental status portion of the assessment,
the nurse expects that this patient:
a. Will have no decrease in any of his abilities, including response time.
b. Will have difficulty on tests of remote memory because this ability typically decreases with age.
c. May take a little longer to respond, but his general knowledge and abilities should not have
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