A nurse assessing a patient's cognition will include which elements as part of the assessment? Select all that apply
1. Humor
2. Insight
3. Memory
4. Judgment
5. Fund of knowledge
Answer: 2, 3, 4, 5
Explanation: Assessing cognition includes evaluating patients' ability to recall information (memory), their development of normal information (fund of knowledge), their ability to understand problems and consequences (insight) and their ability to make good choices (judgment). Evaluating humor is not a part of a cognitive assessment.
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