To discuss:
How would the nurse document information when assessing the mental status of the patient, who cannot remember the medication she takes and gives wrong answers of date and place, when the nurse is conducting health history?
Introduction:
The mental assessment is used to find out the level of awareness, behavior, memory, language, reasoning and consciousness in the patient. The due to age or due to any accidents in the head the person can lose their mental status. Mostly elderly people are affected in the mental status, as the loss their memory and awareness.
To discuss:
What will the nurse do next after documentation?
Introduction:
The mental assessment is used to find out the level of awareness, behavior, memory, language, reasoning and consciousness in the patient. The due to age or due to any accidents in the head the person can lose their mental status. Mostly elderly people are affected in the mental status, as the loss their memory and awareness.
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