While the nurse is taking the health history of a 68-year-old patient who sustained a head injury 3 days earlier,he tells the nurse that he is on a cruise ship and is 30 years old.The nurse knows that this finding is indicative of:

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A change in consciousness may be subtle.Note any decreasing level of consciousness,disorientation,memory loss,uncooperative behaviour,or even complacency in a previously combative person.

While the Nurse Is Taking the Health History of a 68-Year-Old