The nurse is conducting a patient interview. Which statement made by the patient should the nurse more fully explore to assess the mental status during the interview?

A) "I sleep like a baby."
B) "I have no health problems."
C) "I never did too good in school."
D) "I am not currently taking any medications."

In every mental status examination, the following factors from the health history that could affect the findings should be noted: any known illnesses or health problems, such as alcoholism or chronic renal disease; current medications, the side effects of which may cause confusion or depression; the usual educational and behavioral level, noting this level as the patient's normal baseline and not expecting a level of performance on the mental status examination to exceed it; and responses to personal history questions, indicating current stress, social interaction patterns, and sleep habits. A patient stating that he/she sleeps like a baby, has no health problems, or is currently not taking any medications are not r/t the patient's mental status.