A nurse assessing a new patient asks, "What is meant by the old saying, ‘You can't judge a book by looking at the cover'?" Which aspect of cognition is the nurse assessing?
a. Memory
b. Orientation
c. Attention
d. Abstraction
D
Interpretation of proverbs gives assessment information regarding the patient's ability to abstract, which is an aspect of cognition.
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