The nurse is assessing a client using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The nurse would include which of the following activities as part of this examination?

1. Ask the client to recall a fond memory from the distant past.
2. Have the client name all the objects in the room.
3. Have the client walk 25 feet while carrying on a normal conversation.
4. Ask the client to repeat a phrase and to follow a direction.


ANS: 4

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