Practice Quiz

NCLEX-PN

Category - Psychosocial Integrity

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The nurse is assigned to care for a female client with hypochondriasis. As the nurse reviews the client’s history, which of the following pieces of data supports the diagnosis?
  1. There are four pain symptoms in 4 different sites with gastrointestinal symptoms
  2. Preoccupation with fear of having a serious disease
  3. History of many physical complaints over the past years
  4. Expression of little concern about her distressing disorder
Explanation
Answer: B - Hypochondriasis is manifested by the preoccupation with fear of having a serious disease in spite of normal diagnostic or laboratory findings. Option A refers to somatization disorder and option C refers to pain disorder. Option D is commonly found in clients with conversion disorder.
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