A nurse admits an older client with memory loss, confused thinking, and apathy. A psychiatrist suspects a depressive disorder. What is the rationale for performing a mini-mental status exam?
1. To rule out bipolar disorder
2. To rule out schizophrenia
3. To rule out neurocognitive disorder
4. To rule out personality disorder
3
Rationale: A mini-mental status exam should be performed to rule out neurocognitive disorder. The client may be experiencing reversible dementia, which can occur as a result of depression.
You might also like to view...
For a client who has herpes simplex virus type 2 with painful genital lesions, oral administration of which medication helps shorten an acute episode and prevent recurrence of this illness?
a. lindane (Kwell) c. nitric acid b. miconazole nitrate (Micatin) d. acyclovir (Zovirax)
A nurse is speaking with politicians about the need to modify the poverty threshold to be fairer to people living in poverty and people living just over the poverty line
Which of the following are potential ways that the poverty threshold could be amended to be more accurate or fair? Select all that apply. A. Amend it to reflect increased spending on health care and transportation. B. Amend it to reflect increased housing costs. C. Amend it to reflect increased need and cost of childcare. D. Amend it to reflect increased spending on food. E. Amend it to reflect regional cost of living.
A client tells a nurse that she refuses to eat in a restaurant because she is afraid others will laugh at the way she eats. The nurse understands that this behavior is associated with which condition?
A) Posttraumatic stress disorder B) Generalized anxiety disorder C) Social phobia D) Obsessive–compulsive disorder
A prescription for patient Henry DuBois, DOB 9/2/1963, specifies amoxicillin oral susp 125 mL I tsp po, with 1 refill. The prescription is dated today and is signed by an authorized prescriber. What additional information is needed before this medication can be administered?
A. route of administration B. drug name C. frequency D. quantity