Mental status exam help

[Silastingy]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for any information on the mental status examination.

I am presenting a power point presentation on monday to my class of second year nursing students on the aspects and components of the examination.

Mood and affect

speech characteristics

Perception

Thought

Sensorium and cognition

insight and judgment

stress and coping patterns

Does anyone have any tests that I could perform with the whole class for a classroom activity.

Any ideas you have would be appreciated :)

:smilecoffeecup:

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

i have a link to geriatric assessment tools. you might find something there that you might be able to adapt to your presentation. you can link into assessment tools for dimentia (confusion), depression and sensory perception.

http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/igec/tools/default.asp

not sure these are what you are looking for, but they might give you some ideas:

http://www.gamesforgroups.com/therapeuticgames.htm - therapeutic games. click on the left side of the page to access instructions to games on coping, communication, self-discovery, self-esteem, teamwork, and anger management.

http://www.therapygames.com/products.html - therapeutic bingo. while this is an advertisement to buy the cards to play the various games, the idea is clearly related on the page, so a student could easily create his own version without having to buy the cards from the publisher. assertive communication, anger management, self-esteem, positive affirmations, stress management.

http://www.selfhelpwarehouse.com/games.html - therapeutic games

[Silastingy]

Great Links!

Thanks for the help!:roll