The nurse might best test the patient's long-term memory by asking:
A) What he had for breakfast at lunchtime
B) Where he or she is
C) Where he or she was born
D) The current date
Ans: C
Feedback: To check a patient's long-term memory, the nurse asks the patient things that can be confirmed in the chart. The patient will first lose orientation to time, then place, and finally to person.
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