Assessments

Question 1

Mental Status Testing when is it needed?

Answer 1

Indications: If a client can give a good history there is no need for mental status testing.

Question 2

Mental status testing is used to help with ?

Answer 2

Dx and give info for evaluation and treatment planning.

Question 3

In mental status testing what is being tested first?

Answer 3

Language, speech (allowing to determine further testing)

Question 4

level of Consciousness are something that can be observed such as..

Answer 4

Observe levels;
Alert (attends to normal stim)
Lethargic (lose track of tasks, falls sleep)
Obtunded (no meaningful answer to question, respond to strong stim)
Stupor (alert only during vigorous/noxious stim).
Coma

Question 5

Lesions in what parts of the brain will cause issues with consciousness?

Answer 5

Thalamus, brainstem, cerebral cortex

Question 6

What are the name of the assessments to use to asses ‘attention’

Answer 6

WORLD test

Digit Test

Question 7

World test what it is?

Answer 7

Asking to spell the word “world’ forward and backward, and list the letter of ‘world’ in alphabetical order.

Question 8

Digit test what is it?

Answer 8

Asking to 5 different digit numbers forward/backward.

8,6,2,7,1 example

Question 9

The World and Digits test can indicate many things such as ?

Answer 9

Intellectual, attention, memory deficits and poor literacy

Question 10

Language is the use of ?

Answer 10

symbols to communicate

Question 11

Speech is communication via?

Answer 11

use of spoken words

Question 12

Dysarthria is ?

Answer 12

speech impairment limiting articulation of words.

Question 13

What are the language and speech tests, can you name them?

Answer 13

Comprehension 
Naming (naming items, or structures)
One minute Category test (name as many animals as you can with the letter beginning in "p")
reading 
writing

Question 14

What is Stereognosis?

Answer 14

Ability to use light touch, proprioception, and movement to ID objects placed in their hand ? (vision occluded).

Question 15

Visual Identification test

Answer 15

Visual ID of objects only

Question 16

Visual Agnosia is ?

Answer 16

The inability to identify objects by looking at the,

Question 17

Bilateral Simultaneous Stimulation Test?

Answer 17

Touching two places.
Left side to touched and right side is touched alternate and at the same time.
Test usually is done on forearm and shins.
Vision: 2 stim in visual fields at the same time.

Question 18

Declarative Memory why is it important for the clinician to know?

Answer 18

Is to know if they benefit from our instruction and training.
The success of limitation of this skill develops out treatment plan

Question 19

Working Memory

Answer 19

The ability to hold something in your brain while think about something else.

Question 20

Recent Memory

Answer 20

Asking about something that happen few days ago. for example; what you had for breakfast, what brought you to the hospital?

Question 21

Long-term memory

Answer 21

Looking at the prior learned information. such as who is the president ?

Question 22

Problems with declarative memory occurs with what structure?

Answer 22

hippocampus deficits.
Can be temporary or permanent
Anxiety of head trauma

Question 23

Spatial Relations (special tests), observations and screens?

Answer 23

Observe ADL's 
Drawing
Visual Scanning 
Body Scheme
Concepts of body relations 
Orientation to vertical position

Question 24

Drawing test?

Answer 24

Drawing test, or any image from memory

Question 25

Visual Scanning test?

Answer 25

Asking to read a paragraph.

anything with that requires scanning environemnt like looking for shoes?

Question 26

Body Scheme test?

Answer 26

Where is your body in space?

Drawing a person

Question 27

Concept of body relations test?

Answer 27

When drawing a person if a limp is coming out of the head, or is smaller then the other one

Question 28

Orientation to Vertical position test?

Answer 28

Holding cane vertically turn it to horizontal and give it to the patient to do the same