Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Practice Exam 2026 – Comprehensive All-In-One Guide for Exam Success!

The Mini-Mental Exam (MME) is a widely used tool for screening cognitive function, specifically assessing areas related to memory, attention, language, and orientation, which are critical in evaluating dementia. Among these, recall, attention and calculation, and orientation are standard domains that are evaluated during the assessment.

Recall measures how well a person can remember information, such as a set of words presented earlier. Attention and calculation assess the individual’s ability to focus and perform basic arithmetic tasks, which are indicators of cognitive processing. Orientation evaluates the person's awareness of their surroundings, including time and place.

In contrast, responsiveness is not a formal component of the MME. While responsiveness may pertain to general behavior or interaction during an assessment, it is not a specific cognitive domain evaluated by the Mini-Mental Exam. Therefore, this area stands out as not being part of the structured assessment for dementia using the MME.