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renzo156

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A client is interviewed by the same evaluator on several different occasions. The client gives conflicting responses to the same questions that were asked during previous evaluations. The evaluator would MOST likely describe the client as a(n):
 
  a. unreliable historian
  b. double-blinded historian
  c. invalid historian
  d. uncontrolled cohort historian

Question 2

When psychiatric nurses perform admission assessments of young adults and middle-aged adults, which of the following should be an assessment priority?
 
  A) Coping skills
  B) Cognition
  C) Self-esteem
  D) Suicide risk


Carissamariew

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

A
If a subject answers the same questions in a different manner, he or she is considered an unreliable historian. A reliable historian would give the same answer each time.

Answer to Question 2

D


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