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NR 509
Week 6

THE MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
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5 components:
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appearance and behavior; speech and language; mood; thoughts
and perceptions; and cognitive function.
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Cognitive function includes orientation, attention,
memory, attention, and higher cognitive functions such
as information and vocabulary, calculations, abstract
thinking, and constructional ability.

MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
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goal-directed exploration, increased physical and
cognitive abilities, and achievements by trial and error
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Middle childhood is an active period of growth and
development. Goal-directed exploration, increased
physical and cognitive abilities, and achievements by trial
and error mark this stage.

GET UP AND GO TEST
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Head-to-Toe Assessment: Older Adult, the Get Up and Go
Test assessment
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identify risk for falling
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should be conducted as part of a routine evaluation when
dealing with older persons. Its purpose is to assess leg
mobility

FEELING THE BABY MOVE?
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a pregnant female can usually feel fetal movement
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The examiner can usually feel movements externally
after 24 gestational weeks; the mother can usually feel
these by 18 to 24 weeks. The maternal sensation of fetal
movement is traditionally known as “quickening.”

CONSCIOUSNESS
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being aware of one's own existence, feelings, and
thoughts and of the environment
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Consciousness means being aware of one's own
existence, feelings, and thoughts and of the environment.