Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

Understanding spatial Ability to use language Ability to concentrateAbility to follow simple relationshipswritten commandcorrectly Draw a clock; put in all the num-“Say the months of the year in re-Ask the patient to write a sen-Write a command on a piece of correctly = 1 point; two hands on correct time = 1 point. 5 points possible.) the clock = 1 point; hands set at bers; and set the hands on 3 o’clock. (clock circle = 1 point; numbers in correct sequence = 1 point; numbers placed on clock tence. (3 points if sentence has a correct action)(1 point each for correct an-swers from November through August. 4 points possible.)meaning).paper (e.g., TOUCH YOUR NOSE), give the paper to the verse, starting with December.” subject and a verb, and has valid patient and say, “Do what it says on this paper.” (1 point for APPENDIX O ●^623
2506_Appendix_O_622-623.indd 623 2506 _AppendixO 622 - 623 Scoring.incognitive impairment (scores are not absolute and must be considered within the comprehensive diagnostic assessment). ddPfeiffer (1975).Sources: and McHugh (1975); Kaufman and Zun (1995); Kokman et al. (1991); and 62 : 30 to 21 = normal; 20 to 11 = mild cognitive impairment; 10 to 0 = severe 3 The Merck manual of health and aging (2005); Folstein, Folstein, 10/1/10 9:32:08 AM 10 / 1 / 10 9 : 32 : 08 AM