H5P Content 6785

The Glascow Coma scale measures patients according to what three categories of response:

Motor, Sensory, and Verbal
Motor, Eye Opening, and Verbal
Eye Opening, Verbal, and Auditory
Motor, Cognition, and Verbal

The minimum score that an individual can achieve on the Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) is:

Patients suffering from acute stroke will most often exhibit which of the following symptoms:

impaired coordination, impaired auditory sensation, and visual changes
visual changes, arm weakness, and abnormal speech
slurred speech, memory deficit, impaired coordination
facial drooping, arm weakness, and abnormal speech.

According to the Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) patients scoring less than 8 would be classified as:

Alert and Oriented X 2
Comatose
Obtunded
Lethargic

A nurse administers the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) to a patient admitted with dementia. The patient scores 18 on the exam. The nurse interprets this result to mean the patient has:

No cognitive impairment
Mild cognitive impairment
Severe cognitive impairment