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Category - Psychosocial

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A nurse is assessing a client who is admitted due to depression. The most appropriate question to ask the client is which of the following?
  1. “Do you experience feeling a sense of impending doom when you’re out of the house?”
  2. “Do you find it hard to enjoy things that you used to?”
  3. “Are you easily angered?”
  4. “Are you hearing voices?”
Explanation
Answer: B - The depressed client usually demonstrates a decreased interest in activities of daily living, an inability to enjoy things that used to interest him, and social withdrawal. Option A is appropriately asked to a client with panic disorder, option C is asked to a client with mania, and option D is asked to a client with schizophrenia. Inappropriate anger is sometimes noted in major depression, but it is not a major criterion.
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