Assessment: 8 items

Assessment: 8 items

1. Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?
a. Who is the current president of the United States?
b. What concerns you most about your health?
c. What is your address?
d. Have you lost any weight recently?

2. Which of the following is an example of a closed-ended question?
a. How have you been feeling lately?
b. How is your relationship with your wife?
c. Have you had any health problems recently?
d. Where are you employed?

3. Which of the following is not included in the assessment of sensorium and intellectual processes?
a. Concentration
b. Memory
c. Judgement
d. Orientation

4. Assessment data about the client's speech patterns are categorized in which of the following areas?
a. History
b. General appearance and motor behavior
c. Sensorium and intellectual processes
d. Self - concept

5. When the nurse is assessing whether or not the client's ideas are logical and make sense, the nurse is examining which of the following?
a, Thought content
b. Thought process
c. Memory
d, sensorium

6. The client's belief that a news broadcast has special meaning for him or her is an example of
a. Abstract thinking
b. Flight of ideas
c. Ideas of reference
d. Loose association

7. The client who believes everyone is out to get him or her is experiencing a(n)
a. delusion
b. Hallucination
c. Ideas of reference
d. Loose association

8. To assess the client's ability to concentrate, the nurse would instruct the client to do which of the following?
a. Explain what "a rolling stone gathers no moss" means
b. Name the last three presidents
c. Repeat the days of the week backward
d. Tell what a typical day is like

Finished Chapter 8!