Mental Status Examination APPEARANCE Neat clean disheveled poor grooming erect posture

Good eye contact

inappropriate make-up

Description: Patient was sitting on bedside chair wearing a clean orange shirt and black shorts, with dressing on anterior neck, moderately soaked with pink discharges, with IVF D5LR with foley catheter attached to urobag draining to yellow urine. Her hair was neatly combed. Her nails were untrimmed. BEHAVIOR Calm appropriate unusual actions Description: She was cooperative throughout the interview but answers questions briefly without elaborating. Occasionally breaks eye contact. SPEECH Appropriate pressured loose association loud soft mute restless agitated compulsions

Description: She speaks in moderate tone of voice. She tries to speak as audible and as clear as possible but sometimes fails because of pain in her incision site. She speaks in Hiligaynon but can understand English. MOOD/AFFECT Appropriate Anxious labile angry flat hopeless depressed worried

Description: Her facial expressions were appropriate to the situations. She smiles occasionally and grimaces at times. She answers the questions briefly. THOUGHTS Appropriate Delusions low self-esteem phobias suicidal ideations hallucinations

Description: Thoughts were appropriate. Verbal and non-verbal cues were congruent. She occasionally pauses to think. ABILITY TO ABSTRACT Impaired: YES NO Description: When asked to explain the proverb, aanhin mo pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo , she answered, te anuhon mo pa na bi kay ulihi na. wala na eh.

MEMORY Impaired recent memory: Impaired Past Memory: YES YES NO NO

Number of objects able to remember after 5 minutes: 3/4 Description: When asked about her dinner the previous night she answered kan-on . She also claimed that she remembered the birthdays of her siblings, no folk present to verify the information. She remembered 3 out of four words given. She was able to remembers the words ulunan, lapis, bintana but was unable to recall pinggan. ESTIMATED INTELLIGENCE Below average Average above average

Description: E.O. was able to recall five former presidents of the Philippines namely, Marcos, Ramos, Aquino, Magsaysay and Arroyo. She was also able to name five towns in Iloilo namely, Oton, Pototan, Janiuay, New Lucena and Sta. Barbara. CONCENTRATION Able to focus Easily distractible

Able to subtract 7 from 100 until: 86 ORIENTATION Person: Time: Place: Situation: Description: She was oriented to person (student nurses), time (hapon), place (hospital) and situation (interview) JUDGMENT Realistic decision making: YES NO Description: When asked what she would do when she finds a sealed brown envelope with name on it, she replied, ibalik sa tag-iya . Furthermore, when asked what she would do when she is inside a moviehouse and she suddenly smelled smoke, she answered, ipahalindon sa tanan eh . INSIGHT Good Fair Poor Description: When asked about what she would do when she is discharged she replied, mangamuyo kag mapahuway mga isa ka semana kag mabalik sa obra .