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NUR2459 Mental and Behavioral
Health Nursing Questions & 100%
Correct Answers
Appearance (observed)
✓ :~~ Gait, posture, clothes, grooming
Behavior (observed)
✓ :~~ Mannerisms, gestures, psychomotor activity, expression, eye contact,
ability to follow commands/requests, compulsions
Attitude (observed)
✓ :~~ Cooperative, hostile, open, secretive, evasive, suspicious, apathetic,
easily distracted, focused, defensive
Level of Consciousness (observed)
✓ :~~ Vigilant, alert, drowsy, lethargic, stuporous, asleep, comatose,
confused, fluctuating
orientation (inquired)
✓ :~~ What is your full name?
Where are we at (floor, building, city, county, and state)?
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What is the full date today (date, month, year, day of the week, and season of
year)?
How would you describe the situation we are in?
Speech and Language (observed)
✓ :~~ Quantity-talkative, spontaneous, expansive, paucity, poverty
Rate-fast, slow, normal, pressured
Volume (tone)-loud, soft, monotone, weak, strong
Fluency and Rhythm-slurred speech, with appropriately placed inflections,
hesitant, with good articulation, aphasic
Mood (inquired)
A sustained state of inner feeling
✓ :~~ How are your spirits?
How are you feeling?
Have you been discouraged/depressed/low/blue lately?
Have you been energized/elated/high/out of control lately?
Have you been angry/irritable/edgy lately?
Affect (observed)
An observed expression of inner feeling
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