Nsg 316 topic 14 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

mental status - ️️a person's emotional and cognitive functioning strikes a balance between good and bad days, allowing person to function socially and occupationally mental disorder -️️an illness that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors organic disorders -️️Due to brain disease of known specific organic cause (e.g., delirium, dementia, alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal) psychiatric mental illness - ️️organic etiology has not yet been establishe...