(Solved) NR548 Week 5: Mental Status Exam Worksheet
COURSE
NR548 – Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
General Instructions
Download the Mental Status Exam WorksheetLinks to an external site.. Complete the worksheet as you view the Psychiatric Interview Recording that you completed with your volunteer in Week 4.
Include the following elements:
- Documentation of mental status examination. Use appropriate terminology as noted in Carlat (2017) to document observations of your volunteer’s mental status components below.
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- appearance
- behavior and attitude
- speech
- affect and mood
- thought process
- thought content
- Cognitive Examination: Describe specific age-appropriate examination techniques that could be used to assess the cognitive status of your volunteer including the following components.
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- level of awareness or wakefulness
- attention and concentration
- memory
- judgment
- insight
- provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook to support the assessment findings
- Reflection:In 1-2 paragraphs, address the following components.
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- Identify and describe the therapeutic communication style you displayed during the recorded Psychiatric Interview Recording from week 4. Provide support from an appropriate scholarly source or textbook.
- identify 1-2 strengths in your communication style
- identify 1-2 opportunities for further development of your communication style
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