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SO00

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A client is an outpatient at the eating disorders clinic. Her diagnosis is eating disorder not otherwise
  specified, related to binge eating. Her friend told the nurse I can't believe she's so heavy.
 
  When
  we're together, I never see her eat.. This alerts the nurse to the possibility that the client engages in
  the eating behavior of
  a. purging.
  b. eating in secret.
  c. excessive exercise.
  d. use of eating rituals.

Question 2

The mother of an adolescent client with obsessive-compulsive disorder tells the nurse, My
  daughter's doctor wants her to be in a research study and to have a PET positron emission
  tomography scan.
 
  I do not want her to have to go through any tests that are painful. What should I
  do? The best reply for the nurse would be
  a. The doctor has made the diagnosis, but having a PET scan would confirm it..
  b. You might want to ask who will pay for the PET scan because they are very
  expensive..
  c. PET scans involve an injection and lying still while a machine visualizes brain
  activity..
  d. PET scans involve passing an electrical current through the brain and can be
  uncomfortable..


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TheDev123

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
Binge eating most often occurs in secret. Options A and C are consistent with weight loss and
thinness. Option D: Rituals are not implicated by the friend's statement.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The mother is seeking information about PET scans. Option C is the only option that provides
factual information on which the mother can base a decision.


SO00

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Gracias!

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:D TYSM

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