Study question and answer on assessment.

As a nurse you perform assessment of your patients. Which of the following assessments of mental status is not an assessment of orientation?.

A.Time.

B. What happened.

C.Consciousness.

D.place.

Correct answer is C.

Rationale :Consciousness is not assessment of orientation. Assessment orientation is

orientation x4.

Person,

place,

time

event.

Consciousness is a person’s ability to be easily aroused.