ATI RN Mental Health Nursing exams

A charge nurse is discussing mental status examinations with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further teaching? A. "To assess cognitive ability, I should ask the client to count backward by 7." B. "To assess affect, I should observe the client's facial expression." C. "To assess language ability, I should instruct the client to write a sentence." D. "To assess remote memory, I should have the client repeat a list of objects." ATI RN Mental Health Nursing Modules Ch. 1 Application Exercises - D. "To assess remote memory, I should have the client repeat a list of objects." Asking the client to repeat a list of objects is appropriate to assess immediate, rather than remote, memory. ATI RN Mental Health Nursing Modules Ch. 1 Application Exercises A nurse is planning c