Laboratory Manual for Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134283814
Author: Michael D. Johnson, Bert Atsma
Publisher: PEARSON
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A student finishes up the fall semester with several term papers and a number of big exams. After the semester, she goes home for the holidays and comes down with a bad cold. The following year the same thing happens; she's sick for the holidays. During her senior year, the fall semester isn't too bad, but applications to graduate school are due and she spends most of her semester break filling out forms and nervously worrying about what she will do next year. She's again sick for the beginning of the next term. Is this student just unlucky, or is something else at work?
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6.) What significant information should be included in a mini mental status exam of this client?
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A 68-year-old female client is brought by
her daughter to a health clinic. The daughter states that her mother has been leaving the house lights on and the front door open most of the time, and forgetting where she placed her keys, or the direction to where she's driving. On several occasions, she has lost her way while walking in the park, as her usual exercise. She keeps asking the same question and tells the same story repeatedly. She has also lost interest in her usual activities and volunteer work.
The following questions will assist the nursing student in the assessment of this client suspected for Alzheimer's disease.
4. Give common methods of testing the client's concentration and calculation skill.
5. Describe the conduct of the visual perception and construction ability tests.
6. Give examples of testing the client's judgment and abstract reasoning.
7. What significant information should be included in a Mini Mental Status Exam of this client?
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Laboratory Manual for Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (8th Edition)
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