Health Assessment Exam -2 Fortis College Questions with Correct Answers 2025

Health Assessment Exam #2 Fortis College
Questions with Correct Answers 2025
KnowAwhatAisAimportantAtoAassessAwithAtheAelderlyAforAmentalAstatus.APageA72.A-
ACORRECTAANSWERA-A,B,C,T;AAppearance,Abehavior,Acognition,AandAthoughtAprocess.A



Facts:AItAtakesAlongerAforAelderlyAtoArespond,ArecentAmemoryAdecreases,AsensoryAperceptionAsuch
AasAvisualAlossAorAhearingAaffectsAthisAgroup,AlossesAandAchronicAillnessAaffectAthisAgroupAgreaterAth


anAanyAother.



HowAwouldAyouAassessAforAattentionAspan?APageA75A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
CheckAtheApersonsAabilityAtoAconcentrateAbyAnotingAwhetherAherAorAsheAcompletesAaAthoughtAwit
houtAwanderingAnotingAanyAdisAtractabilityAoreAdifficultyAattendingAtoAyou.

GiveAseriesAofAdirectionsAtoAfollow,Aexmp.APleaseAtakeAthisAglassAofAwaterAwithAyourAleftAhand,Adrin
kAfromAit,AshiftAitAtoAyourArightAhand,AandAsetAitAonAtheAtable.



HowAwouldAyouAassessAforAmemory?APageA75.A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-RecentAmemory-
AinterviewAbyA24AhourAdietArecall,AtimeAofAarrival,AAskAquestionsAyouAcanAcollaborate.



RemoteAmemory-
AAskAtheApersonAverifiableApastAeventsAlikeAfirstAjobs,Abirthdays,AhistoricalAeventsAandAanniversarie


s.

Test-
AIAamAgoingAtoAsayAfourAwordsAIAwantAyouAtoArememberAthemAandAinAaAfewAminAIAwillAaskAyouAtoAre


callAthem.AExmp.ABrown,Ahonesty,Atulip,Aeyedropper,Afun,Acarrot,Aankle,Aloyalty



KnowAtheAdefinitionsAforAtheAtermsAonApageA83.A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-Alert-
AAwakeAorAreadilyAaroused,Aoriented,AfullyAawareAofAexternalAandAinternalAstimuliAandArespondsAa


ppropriately,AconductsAmeaningfulAinterpersonalAinteractions.

LethargicA(Somnolent)-
ANotAfullyAalert,AfriftsAoffAtoAsleepAwhenAnotAstimulated,AcanAbeAarousedAwhenAcallAbyAnameAbutAlo


oksAdrowsy.A

, Obtunded-
ATransitionalAstateAbetweenAlethargyAandAstupor)AsleepsAmostAofAtheAtime,AdifficultAtoAarouseAnee


dAtoAbeAshakenAorAyelledAtoAbringAalertAandAstillAconfusedAandAspeechAisAmumbled.

Stupor/AsemiAcoma-
AspontaneouslyAunconscious,ArespondsAonlyAtoApersistentAvigorousAshakeAorApain,AwithdrawsAhan


dAtoApainAbutAotherAthanAthatAgroans,Amumbles,AmovesArestlessly.

Coma-
ACompletelyAunconsciousAnoAresponseAtoApainAorAtoAanyAexternalAorAinternalAstimuliA,AhasAreflexAa


ctivityAbutAnoApurposefulAmovement.

DeepAcoma-AhasAnoAmotorAresponse



KnowAtheseAabnormalAthoughtAprocesses:Ablocking,Aneologism,Acircumlocution,AandAcircumstanti
ality.APageA86.A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-Blocking-
ASuddenAinterruptionAinAtrainAofAthoughtAinableAtoAcompleteAsentence,AseemsArelatedAtoAstrongAe


motion>A"ForgotAwhatAIAwasAgoingAtoAsay"

Neologism-
AInventingAaAwordAthatAhasAnoArealAmeaningAexceptAtoAthatAperson>A"IllAhaveAtoAturnAonAmyAthinki


lator"

Circumlocution-
ASubstitutingAaAphraseAwhenAoneAcannotArememberAtheAnameAofAsomething>A"TheAthingAthatAyo


uAopenAtheAdoorAwith,AinsteadAofAkey".

Circumstantiality-
AtalksAwithAexcessiveAandAunnecessaryAdetail,AhaveAmeaningfulAbutAirrelevantAconnections.>AWhe


nAwasAyourAlastAsurgery?A"AWellAIAwasA28AIAwasAlivingAwithAmyAauntAsheAhadApsoriasisAandAtheAheat
AmadeAitAworseAinAtheAsummerAofA92."




KnowAtheAdifferenceAbetweenAhallucinationAandAillusion.APageA87.A-ACORRECTAANSWERA-
Hallucination-
AsensoryAperceptionsAforAwhichAthereAareAnoAexternalAstimuli;AseeingAaAghost,AorAhearingAvoices.



Illusion-
AMisconceptionAofAanAactualAexistingAstimulus;AwaterAhoseAisAaAsnake,AtheAfridgeAisAaAbearAetc.