Senile Dementia – Assess for Changes Nursing Mnemonic (JAMCO)

Included In This Lesson
Outline
JAMCO
- J-Judgment
- A-Affect
- M-Memory
- C-Cognition
- O-Orientation
Description
These 5 things should be assessed in a patient with senile dementia. Judgment – can a patient determine the outcome of a choice or assess risk? Affect – ability to express feeling or emotion. Memory – assess short and long term memory. Cognition- ability to process and relate information. Orientation – assess if a patient is oriented to person, place, time.
Nursing Mnemonics
In this course, you’ll be able to learn different mnemonics that will help you to remember the need to know nursing information!