NURSING Lecture Notes - Mental Status Examination, Bloating, Lipid Profile
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The major components of a psychosocial interview include: identifying the patient. Table 1: questions to ask to assess violence risk. If yes, describe by whom, when and how. Mental status examination: assesses the function of the brain and its purpose is to evaluate mental functions and behaviors. suspicion or fear) Nurses should assess patients for specific delusions and hallucinations. A hallucination is something that the patient perceives but is not there. These are suggested in those who hear voices, see images, feel bugs crawling on the skin, or smell offensive odors without evidence of them being present. Table 3: questions to ask to elicit the presence of hallucinations/delusions. Does the television or radio give you special. Going away from a topic and not returning. Provides unnecessary detail, but eventually gets to the point. A belief that the person is someone of extreme importance. A false belief that the person is being followed, is under surveillance, being ridiculed or treated unfairly.