Professional Documents
Culture Documents
with a patient if:
During the mental status examination a patient may be asked to explain several proverbs, such as
"Don't cry over spilled milk." The purpose is to evaluate the patient's ability to think:
a) rationally
b) concretely
c) abstractly
d) tangentially
The terms judgment and sometimes are used incorrectly. is the ability to:
The nurse documents, "The patient described her husband's abuse in an emotionless tone and with a
flat facial expression. "This statement describes the patient's:
a) feelings
b) blocking
c) mood
d) affect
Although a patient changes topics quickly while relating his past
, the nurse is able
to follow his thoughts. The patient's pattern of thinking is called:
a) looseness of association
b) flight of ideas
c) tangential thinking
d) circumstantial thinking
h The nurse who suspects that a patient's behavior has a cultural basis should:
According to
, the ego has several functions, one of which is to: