A General Survey of a Patient's Physical Presence Would Include

question 34

Multiple Choice

A general survey of a patient's physical presence would include which observation?

• A) mood and manner
• B) dress, grooming, and personal hygiene
• C) facial expressions and speech
• D) age, stature, and motor activity

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Definitions:

Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum in the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.

Nerve Impulses

Electrical signals that travel along neurons, facilitating communication throughout the nervous system.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion representing the average of the squared differences from the mean in a data set.