NURS 623 Health Assessment Final Review Exam

NURS 623 Health Assessment Final Review ExamAssessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine d. state of consciousness. 2. Under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of _____ numbers. b. five to eight 3. Recent memory may be tested by c. showing the patient four items and asking him or her to list the items about 10 minutes later. 4. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible? b. Dementia 5. An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative of e. dementia. 6. Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain? b. Dementia 7. A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers to b. delirium. 8. The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for a patient who a. gets lost in her or his neighborhood. 9. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) a. may be used to estimate cognitive changes quantitatively. 10. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wort. You make a short note to check for results of the b. Mini-Mental State Examination. 11. For purposes of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into c. four quadrants plus a tail.