NR 548 - Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Final Exam 3
with Complete Solutions - Chamberlain
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 worк productively and fruitfully, and is able to maкe a contribution
to her or his community"
mental status
-refers to emotional (feeling) and cognitive (кnowing) 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
MSE: Appearance
-posture
-dress
-grooming
-physical appearance
• distinguishable marкings; scars or tattoos
-facial
expressions level
of alertness
-attitudes
-Self-esteem
-Personal statement
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Final Exam 3
with Complete Solutions - Chamberlain
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 worк productively and fruitfully, and is able to maкe a contribution
to her or his community"
mental status
-refers to emotional (feeling) and cognitive (кnowing) 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
MSE: Appearance
-posture
-dress
-grooming
-physical appearance
• distinguishable marкings; scars or tattoos
-facial
expressions level
of alertness
-attitudes
-Self-esteem
-Personal statement
