MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION

NOTES ABOUT MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
(Excerpts from NURSE’S NOTES: Reviewer’s Edition)

Maritess Manalang-Quinto, RN, MAN(c)
Nurse Educator/Nurse Instructor/Resource Speaker
Reviewer V for Local and International Nurse Licensure Examinations
Certified Foreign Graduate Nurse
Registered Nurse, Vermont State, USA
Registered Nurse, Republic of the Philippines

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
A. General Description
–General appearance
–Level of consciousness
–Posture
–Gait
–Movements of limbs, trunk, and face
–Response to examiner
–Native or primary language

B. Language and Speech
a. Comprehension
b. Output Repetition

C. Thought
–Form
– Content

D. Mood and Affect

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
E. Insight and Judgment
F. Cognition
–Memory
–Orientation
–Concentration
G. Abstraction
H. Roles and Relationships
I. Self Care Considerations
–ADLs
–Medications
–Sleep Patterns
–Eating Patterns