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bio_gurl

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on: Jul 19, 2018
Suicide risk is highest among clients who have been diagnosed with which of the following?
 
  A) Borderline personality disorder
  B) Paranoid personality disorder
  C) Schizoid personality disorder
  D) Obsessivecompulsive personality disorder

Question 2

A 51-year-old male has been admitted to the detoxification unit with acute symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Nursing assessment is likely to reveal what?
 
  A) Tremors, headache, flushed face, and hallucinations
  B) Psychomotor hypoactivity, hypotension, and increased appetite
  C) Hypomania, bradycardia, and generalized seizures
  D) Anhidrosis, hypotonicity, and delusions


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

Ans: A
The risk of suicide is highest among cluster B personality disorders, such as BPD.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include tremors, headache, flushed face, and hallucinations. The client will experience hypertension (not hypotension), tachycardia (not bradycardia), and diaphoresis (not anhidrosis).


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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