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Title: A client is admitted to a mental health unit with a diagnosis of factitious disorder. When reviewing ...
Post by: dudeamerica on Jan 20, 2018
A client is admitted to a mental health unit with a diagnosis of factitious disorder. When reviewing the client's history, which of the following would a nurse most likely find?
 
  A) Intentional self-injurious behavior
  B) Pain to achieve a self-serving goal
  C) Malingering to avoid work
  D) Parents who were restrictive


Title: A client is admitted to a mental health unit with a diagnosis of factitious disorder. When reviewing ...
Post by: hswearingen on Jan 20, 2018
Ans: A
Clients with factitious disorder intentionally cause an illness or injury to receive the attention of health care professionals. Pain for a self-serving goal, malingering, or restrictive parents are not associated with factitious disorder.