Case Study: A Patient with Altered Mental Status
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The essay aims to address a two-fold objective to wit: (1) to describe the patient condition through history, examination, and procedure ordered; and (2) to select 3 course concepts that recommends best practice in patients with altered mental status.
... ... ental processing time.... ... ... eases with age, memory, and language but the judgment capacities remain intact as well as the mental status of a patient; thus, any change in the mental status of an aging client should never be viewed as normal (Brunner, Smeltzer, Bare, Hinkle & Cheever, 2009, 1850)....