The Nurse Is Interviewing a Patient Whose Wife Reports, "He's

The nurse is interviewing a patient whose wife reports, "He's really forgetting things more these days." To provide the best assessment of this complaint, what should the nurse do first?

A) Ask the wife to give examples of the patient's forgetfulness.
B) Have the patient take the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) .
C) Use the mnemonic OLD CARTS to obtain assessment data.
D) Ask the patient if he too feels he's "forgetful."