Orientation to place
Where are we now: Town/city?
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Where are we now: County?
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Where are we now: State?
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Where are we now: Hospital?
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Where are we now: Floor?
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Short-Term Memory
The examiner names three unrelated objects clearly and slowly, then the instructor asks the patient to name all three of them. The patient’s response is used for scoring. The examiner repeats them until patient learns all of them, if possible.
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key
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ball
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Attention and calculation
I would like you to count backward from 100 by sevens. Alternative: Spell WORLD backwards.
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86
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79
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72
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65
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Recall
Language
Repetition
Complex commands
Take the paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor
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fold paper
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put paper on the floor
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Please read this and do what it says. Written instruction: “Close your eyes.”
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Make up and write a sentence about anything. This sentence must contain a noun and a verb.
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Please copy this picture [two intersecting pentagons] All 10 angles must be present and two must intersect.
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mini-mental status exam score (MMSE)