Transcription of The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
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The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Issue Number 3, January 1999 Series Editor: Meredith Wallace, PhD, RN, MSN, CSThe Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)By: Lenore Kurlowicz, PhD, RN, CS and Meredith Wallace, PhD, RN, MSNWHY:Cognitive impairment is no longer considered a normal and inevitable change of aging. Althougholder adults are at higher risk than the rest of the population, changes in cognitive function often call forprompt and aggressive action. In older patients, cognitive functioning is especially likely to decline duringillness or injury. The nurses assessment of an older adult s cognitive status is instrumental in identifyingearly changes in physiological status, ability to learn, and evaluating responses to TOOL: The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a tool that can be used to systematically andthoroughly assess Mental status.
BEST TOOL: The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a tool that can be used to systematically and thoroughly assess mental status. It is an 11-question measure that tests five areas of cognitive function: orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall, and language. The maximum score is …
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