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When establishing a client's level of consciousness, the nurse is aware that this is determined by assessing the client's:
 
  a. Level of awareness
  b. Ability to tell the nurse where he or she is at any given time
  c. Accuracy in expressing the current month, date, or year
  d. Capability to explain why he or she is in the facility

Question 2

The schoolteacher who began one of the most important crusades for humane care of the mentally ill during the nineteenth century was
 
  1. Dorothea Dix.
  2. Clifford Beers.
  3. Philippe Pinel.
  4. Florence Nightingale.



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Answer to Question 1

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Level of awareness determines the client's level of consciousness. The other options refer to other aspects of the client's level of orientation.

Answer to Question 2

1
Historical fact



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