The Nurse Is Assessing a Client Diagnosed with Somatic Symptom

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) . Which findings would the nurse expect to observe?

• A) Presence of multiple personalities, depersonalization, derealization, and "gaps" in memory
• B) Aphonia, la belle indifference, paralysis with no physical reason, and possible hallucinations
• C) Anxious, seeing several health-care providers simultaneously, overmedicates, and vague symptoms
• D) Pretends to be ill, aggravates existing symptoms, inflicts self-injury and has many hospitalizations

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