Question

What is orientation?

Accepted Answer

This tests mental status by checking a patient's memory and thinking ability. The most common ways to evaluate this in a patient is to test the patient's ability to remember:1) Person - Remembering his or her name.2) Place - Identifying the current location.3) Time - Identifying the current year, month, and approximate date.4) Event - Describing what happened (the MOI or NOI)

Front	What is orientation?
Back	This tests mental status by checking a patient's memory and thinking ability. The most common ways to evaluate this in a patient is to test the patient's ability to remember: 1) Person - Remembering his or her name. 2) Place - Identifying the current location. 3) Time - Identifying the current year, month, and approximate date. 4) Event - Describing what happened (the MOI or NOI)

Patient's Identifying Current Orientation Tests Mental Status Checking