Nursing roles in Patient assessment and documentation
Nursing roles in Patient assessment and documentation ( 6 Questions)
A nurse is conducting a mental status examination on a client who has been admitted for psychiatric evaluation.
Which question should the nurse ask to assess the client's orientation?
This question can help to assess the client's orientation to person, but not to location or time.
This question can help to assess the client's orientation to place, but not to person or time.
Orientation is the awareness of one's personal identity, location, and time. Asking the client what day of the week and month of the year it is can help to assess the client's orientation to time.
This question can help to assess the client's suicidal or homicidal ideation, but not their orientation.
"What day of the week and month of the year is it?"
Rationale: Orientation is the awareness of one's personal identity, location, and time. Asking the client what day of the week and month of the year it is can help to assess the client's orientation to time.
Incorrect options:
A) "What is your name and date of birth?" - This question can help to assess the client's orientation to person, but not to location or time.
B) "Do you know where you are and why you are here?" - This question can help to assess the client's orientation to place, but not to person or time.
D) "Do you have any thoughts of harming yourself or others?" - This question can help to assess the client's suicidal or homicidal ideation, but not their orientation.