NURS 5220 Advanced Health Assessment Test 2 EXAM QESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Mrs. Tucker presents to your office today for a follow-up appointment. She appears to fidget in her seat and with her hands. Which of the following would assess her attention span?
A. Are you usually this anxious?
B. I am going to ask you to name four items; do the best you can.
C. What does this phrase mean: "A stitch in time saves nine?"
D. Could you take this paper, fold it in half, and put it on the counter?
- answer-D. Could you take this paper, fold it in half, and put it on the counter?
Answer d is an example of asking the patient a set of short commands that measures attention span. Answer a is a form of validation. Asking answer c measures cognitive abilities, whereas answer b does not provide enough information to determine what the examiner is trying to measure.
A mother brings her child, an 18-month-old boy, to the clinic. She states that the child rarely talks or smiles. She has also noticed that he does not like to be held. She states that his motor development seems to be normal. With what condition are these symptoms consistent?
A. Dementia
B. Autistic disorder
C. Attention deficit
D. Delirium
- answer-B. Autistic disorder
Symptoms such as delayed or underdeveloped language skills and resisting being held or touched are signs of autism, a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology that includes a wide spectrum of disorders typically identified before 3 years of age and is more common in boys than girls.
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