NR548 EXAM 3 PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT FOR
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
PRACTITIONER| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
individual who presents with an extremely rapid and pressured speech with constant interruptions may
be experiencing or
hypomania or mania
An absence of speech is seen with some diagnoses such as
dementia
non-sensical speech is often associated with
psychotic disorders
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
-best tool for establishing a psychiatric diagnosis
-combination of observations, impressions, & interpretation of client responses
,-Eval of patients:
• appearance
• behavior
• speech
• affect
• thought process
• thought content
• cognition
, mental health
"a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with normal
stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his
community"
mental status
-refers to emotional (feeling) and cognitive (knowing) function
-functioning is inferred through assessment of an individual's behaviors:
• consciousness
• language
• mood and affect
• orientation
• attention
• memory
• abstract reasoning
• thought process
• thought content
• perceptions
Factors that affect the interpretation of the MSE
culture
native language
educational level
literacy
social factors
PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
PRACTITIONER| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
individual who presents with an extremely rapid and pressured speech with constant interruptions may
be experiencing or
hypomania or mania
An absence of speech is seen with some diagnoses such as
dementia
non-sensical speech is often associated with
psychotic disorders
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
-best tool for establishing a psychiatric diagnosis
-combination of observations, impressions, & interpretation of client responses
,-Eval of patients:
• appearance
• behavior
• speech
• affect
• thought process
• thought content
• cognition
, mental health
"a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with normal
stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his
community"
mental status
-refers to emotional (feeling) and cognitive (knowing) function
-functioning is inferred through assessment of an individual's behaviors:
• consciousness
• language
• mood and affect
• orientation
• attention
• memory
• abstract reasoning
• thought process
• thought content
• perceptions
Factors that affect the interpretation of the MSE
culture
native language
educational level
literacy
social factors
