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Kthamas

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The nurse is preparing the assessment of a client with a diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder. What client characteristics will the nurse document?
 
  A) Suspicions and rigidity
  B) Superficial charm
  C) Affective instability
  D) Grandiosity

Question 2

As you perform a suicide assessment on your patient, you learn that the patient has only one person to call in times of need, has been thinking about suicide frequently in past weeks, and has attempted suicide once before.
 
  You believe this patient's suicide risk is:
  A) Low
  B) Moderate
  C) Guarded
  D) Imminent



mariahkathleeen

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Answer to Question 1

A,

Answer to Question 2

B



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