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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the method to assess mental status during the course of a routine patient encounter?
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attentive to mental status during interview
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What are the four components of a mental status exam?
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1) appearance and behavior
2) speech and language 3) mood 4) thoughts and perceptions 5)cognitive functino |
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What do you assess and document when evaluating a patients appearance and behavior? (5)
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1) level of consciousness
2) posture and motor behavior 3) dress, grooming and personal hygiene 4) facial expressions 5) manner, affect and relationship to persons and things |
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What aspects of speech and language and language should you notice/record? (5)
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1) quality
2) rate 3) loudness 4) articulation 5) fluency |
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How do you ask about a persons mood?
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1) how has your mood been lately
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What is included in the evaluation of thoughts and percetions?
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1) thought process
2) thought content 3) perceptinos 4) insight/judgement |
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What is thought process?
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logica, relevance, organization and coherence of thoughts
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What is thought content
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information relevant to thought
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What are perceptions?
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awareness and understanding
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What is insight and judgement
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understanding of relationships and ability to make decisions or actions
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What are the four areas you evaluate for assessing cognitive function?
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1) oirentation
2) attention 3) memory 4) new learning ability |
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How do you assess orientation?
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1) what is your name
2) what is the date 3) where are you |
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How do you assess attention?
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1) repeat 5 digits forward and back
2) start at 100 and subtract by 7 3) spell a word backwards |
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How do you test memory?
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birthdays, anniversaries, recent events
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How do you test new learning ability?
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three item recall
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how do you test higher order cognitive function?
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1)general info
2) proverbs 3) similarities |
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What is the mini cog?
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1) three item recall and clock draw
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