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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT - Comprehensive Final Exam Q&A 100% Pass COMPONENTS OF MENTAL STATUS EXAM INCLUDE: - A-B-C-T APPEARANCE; posture, body movements, dress, grooming and hygiene BEHAVIOR; LOC, Facial expression, speech, mood and affect COGNITION; address, phone#, etc. date?, attention ...

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  • October 10, 2024
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  • 2024/2025
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED, 2024.
ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT -

Comprehensive Final Exam Q&A 100%

Pass


COMPONENTS OF MENTAL STATUS EXAM INCLUDE: - ✔✔A-B-C-T

APPEARANCE; posture, body movements, dress, grooming and hygiene

BEHAVIOR; LOC, Facial expression, speech, mood and affect

COGNITION; address, phone#, etc. date?, attention span, recent and

remote memory, new learning

THOUGHT PROCESS; perceptions, should be logical and consistent this

person make sense?

how do people treat you?, do you feel you are being watched, followed or

controlled? have you heard your name when alone?

___________________ screens for Anxiety - ✔✔GAD- 7

questions to ask for depression or suicidal ideations: - ✔✔Depression:

Over the past two weeks, have you fell down, depressed or hopeless?

Over the past 2 weeks, have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing

things?

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Suicidal:

Have you ever felt so blue you thought of hurting yourself?

Do you have a plan to hurt yourself?

How would you do it?

***Must not ignore any talk of suicide***

When is a full mental status exam necessary? - ✔✔* Patients whose

initial screening suggests an anxiety disorder or depression

* Behavioral changes: such as memory loss, inappropriate social

interaction

* Brain lesions: trauma, tumor, cerebrovascular accident or stroke

* Aphasia: impairment of language ability secondary to brain damage

* Symptoms- of psychiatric mental illness especially with acute onset

________________ Screens for Alcoholism. - ✔✔CAGE: Score 2 or

greater highly significant

* Have you ever felt you should CUT down on your drinking?

* Have people ANNOYED you by criticizing your drinking?

* Have you ever felt bad or GUILTY about your drinking?

* Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves

or get rid of a hangover? (EYE OPENER)

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Things to Consider When Assessing Older Adults mental status include: -

✔✔Ask about chronic illness and how they are managing?

Sensory impairments?

Polypharmacy (med list again!)

Social isolation

Physiological issue

- Delirium vs. Dementia

- UTI

- Sundowners

Delirium VS Dementia VS Depression:



Onset

course

duration

consciousness

attention

psychomotor changes

reversibility - ✔✔Delirium ** Dementia ** Depression:

==========================================

O: Acute insidious Acute or insidious

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C: Fluctuating Progressive May be chronic

D: Hrs to wks Mos to yrs Mos to yrs

C: Altered Usually clear clear

A: Impaired Normal unless May be decreased

severe dementia

P: increased often normal may be slowed in decreased severe cases

R: usually irreversible usually

Delirium Causes: - ✔✔D- Dementia

E- Electrolyte disorders

L - Lung, liver, heart, kidney, brain dysfunction

I- Infection

R- Rx Drugs

I- Injury, pain, stress

U- Unfamiliar environment

M- Metabolic

Adolescent: heeadsss psychosocial interview: - ✔✔- Home

- Education & Employment

- Eating

- Activities

- Drugs

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