A Nurse Assessing a New Patient Asks, "What Is Meant

question 26

Multiple Choice

A nurse assessing a new patient asks, "What is meant by the saying, 'You can't judge a book by looking at the cover'?" Which aspect of cognition is the nurse assessing?

• A) Mood
• B) Attention
• C) Orientation
• D) Abstraction

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A quantitative indicator that selects a unique value to symbolize the full range of data, typically using the mean, median, or mode.

Data

Raw facts and figures that require processing to generate meaningful information or insights.

Median

The value that divides a set of numerical data into two equal halves, with half of the data points being above it and half below.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, found by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.