NRS 208 Latest 2023 - 2024

NRS 208 (Latest 2023 - 2024) New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct

• In order to accurately plan for discharge teaching, additional assessment may be required for the

patient with aphasia. This may be accomplished by asking the patient to:: demonstrate word comprehension by naming articles in theroom or on the body as you point to them

• Although a full mental status examination may not be required, the examinermust be aware of the four

main headings of the assessment while performingthe interview and physical examination. These headings are:: Appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought processes.

• On a patient's second day in the acute care hospital, the patient complainsabout the "bugs on the

bed." The bed is clean. This would be an example of altered:: perception

• You may ask the patient to follow a series of short commands to assess:: -

attention span

5. Arousal for short periods to visual, verbal or painful stimuli": stupor

• A patient in the deepest coma would be scored on the Glasgow

Coma Scale.: 3

• One way to assess cognitive function and to detect dementia is with the:: -

MInimental state exam

• Loss of immediate and recent memory with retention of remote memorysuggest:: dementia
• The ability to lay down new memories is part of the assessment of cognitivefunction. One way to

accomplish this is by:: 4 related words

• A patient is non-responsive and demonstrates a rigid extension of arms,legs, and feet. What does

this describe?: Decerebrate posturing

• The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to:: QUANITIFY CONSCOUSNESS
• Appropriateness of logic, sequence, cohesion, and relevance to topics aremarkers for assessment of::

thought process and content

• Select the finding that most accurately describes the appearance of a patient.: Tense posture and

restless activity. Clothing clean but not appropriate forseason; patient wearing T-shirt and shorts in cold weather.

• Rigid extension with arms fully extended and forearms pronated" de-scribes the posture

found in a patient with a lesion:: brainstem

• When you ask the patient to tell you the meaning of a proverb or metaphor,you are assessing which

of the following?: abstract reasoning

• Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine:: state ofconsciousness
• Which of the following indicates that a head trauma is very serious?: lossof consciousness
• A major characteristic of dementia is:: impairment of short and long termmemory
• What technique is used to evaluate the mental status of a patient with headtrauma?: Glascow coma

scale

• what is the purpose of the mental status exam?: assess level of conscious-ness of the patient,

orientation, quality of speech, thought process, self-care ability

21. lethargic: not fully alert, arousable when name is called

22. obtunded: sleep-difficult to arouse

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