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mp14 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Three days after admission to a drug treatment program, a client is found crying. She describes
seeing her arm floating in space and feeling as though if she moves she will be swallowed by the bed
on which she is lying.

These symptoms suggest that the client is experiencing
a. withdrawal delirium.
b. a flashback.
c. crashing.
d. sedative withdrawal.

Question 2

The nursing action that takes priority when working with a client who has a problem of sexual
functioning is

a. acquiring knowledge of client's sexual roles.
b. developing an understanding of human sexual response.
c. clarifying the nurse's personal values.
d. assessing the client's sexual functioning.

kardosa007 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Loss of ego boundaries and synesthesia are common experiences during flashbacks. Synesthesia is
not experienced in the other options. The symptoms described are not characteristic of withdrawal
delirium, crashing, or sedative withdrawal.

Answer to Question 2

C
Before a nurse can be helpful to clients with sexual dysfunction, each must be aware of and
comfortable with his or her own feelings about sex and sexuality. As a corollary, nurses must be
comfortable with the idea that clients have a right to their own values and must avoid criticism and
censure.