Week 8 Discussion Response to Classmates

Mini Mental State Exam

Mini Mental State Exam Program Transcript

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JOELLE LEWIS: Hello, students. For this assignment, I am going to give you the mini mental status exam as if you are a client. You will need the answer sheet from the resources in this course. You will need some blank paper. And that should be it. So let's begin this as if you are my client.

Hello. My name is Dr. Lewis. And why we are gathering today is because we'd like to do an assessment about how well your thinking is. Now it's not about being smart. It's not about being crazy. It's just about measuring how your thinking is working. So with your permission, I'd like to continue. Wonderful. Thank you so much.

OK. I'm going to ask you a series of questions, and some of them will be so easy you'll think I'm nuts. And some of them will be so hard you may have a really hard time coming up with the answers. But that's OK. It's all designed to get a baseline for you and see where we stand. So if you're ready, we'll start. OK.

All right. So what is today's date? Write that down on your answer sheet. What is this year? That's number 2. Number 3, what month is this? Number 4, what is the day of the week today? Number 5, what season is this where you are?

Number 6, what's the name of the building you're in right now? Number 7, what floor are you on? Number 8, what city are you in or town? Number 9, what county or parish or governmental area are you in? And 10, what state or country are you in?

Great. Thank you for doing that. The next portion of this is I'm going to give you three words, and I'd like you to repeat them after me. And then I'd like you to remember those, because I'll ask for them again.

So the first word is ball. Say ball back to me, and put a checkmark in number 11. The next word is flag. Put a checkmark in number 12. And the last word is tree. So put a checkmark in number 13. So all together, the words are ball, flag, and tree. Say that. Then put a checkmark in there if you were able to say that with just one trial.

This part, some people find challenging, because it's math. But we'll give it a go. So starting with 100, in space number 15, I'd like you to subtract 7 from 100 and write down the answer you get there.

Moving to 16, subtract 7 again from the answer you got before and write that answer there. In number 17, subtract 7 again and write that answer there.

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Number 18, do it again. Subtract 7 from the last answer you had and write that in number 18. And finally, subtract 7 from that answer and write that in number 19. Great.

Now the next one is in number 20. And what I'd like you to do is to spell the word world backwards. Write that on your paper. OK. Remember those three words I asked you to remember? Can you repeat now for me? Write down the three words that you said in numbers 21, 22, and 23.

OK. In number 24, write down what this is. In number 25, write down what this is. I'm going to say a phrase to you, and I'd like you to repeat the phrase back to me exactly the way I say it, and then write it on your paper in number 26. Ready? Here's the phrase. No ifs, ands, or buts. Thanks. You're doing great. We're almost done.

This one is I'd like you to pick up a piece of paper with your right hand, fold it in half, and place it on the floor. When you've completed that, then I'd like you to just put checkmarks that you did it the way it was required.

I'm going to give you a written command and ask you to read it and do what it says. It may come across your screen. All right. Thank you for doing that.

The next one in number 31, I need you to write a complete sentence. It can be about anything, as long as it's a complete sentence. Just write that down on your paper. And that's in space number 31.

All right. The last one. There should be a figure come across your screen. And what I'd like you to do is to take this figure and copy it. Just copy it and draw it just like it is on the screen on your paper in space 32.

Thank you so much for your cooperation and for your help in completing this assessment. We will get that score and get that information back to you. At this point, I would exit as the assessor, and you will take your answer sheet. And to the best of your ability-- and I would do this sooner rather than later, I'd do this right away-- you can just score it, because you may not have remembered exactly each stage.

So there are instructions about scoring this so that you can determine how your brain is working. Sometimes with stress, with age, with mental illnesses, clients may not do well on this test, or they may do very well. So it gives us an idea.

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Mini Mental State Exam Additional Content Attribution

MUSIC: SC_Light&Bright06_T32 and/or SC_Business01_T41 Credit: Studio Cutz

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