Mental health PN ATI questions and answers complete solution

Mood - provides information about the emotion that a client is feeling. Affect - an objective expression of mood, such as flat affect or lack of facial expression. Alert - client is responsive and able to fully respond by opening her eyes and attending to a normal tone of voice and speech. She answers questions spontaneously and appropriately lethargic - the client is able to open her eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep readily. Stuporous - The client requires vigorous or painful stimuli (pinching a tendon or rubbing the sternum) to elicit a brief response. She might not be able to respond verbally. Comatose - the client is unconscious and does not respond to painful stimuli decorticate rigidity - flexion and internal rotation of upper extremity joints and legs decerebrate rigidity - neck and elbow extension, with wrists and fingers flexed