When doing a mental status examination, the nurse notes that the patient keeps repeating, "I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it." This would be an example of:
1. appearance.
2. mood and affect.
3. thought content.
4. memory and attention.
3
Repetitive statements and thoughts are considered to be obsessive. This would be an ele-ment of the thought content component of the mental status examination.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1248
OBJ: 3 TOP: Mental Status Examination
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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