The nurse is administering a mental status examination to a patient who has hypertension. The nurse suspects depression when the patient responds to the nurse's questions with

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Answers such as "I don't know" are more typical of depression than dementia. The response "Who are those people over there?" is more typical of the distraction seen in a patient with delirium. The remaining two answers are more typical of a patient with mild to moderate dementia.

The Nurse Is Administering a Mental Status Examination to a Patient