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    RN HESI Mental Health Proctored Exam

    The nurse is assessing a client whose spouse died of a stroke two weeks ago and who reports having numbness and tingling on the right side of the body. The nurse should consider the client's symptoms may likely be due to which condition?

    Explanation & Rationale

    A. Disorganization typically refers to thought process issues, not physical symptoms like numbness and tingling. B. Preoccupation implies a focus on certain thoughts or concerns, which might contribute but doesn't fully explain the physical symptoms. C. Somatization involves the manifestation of psychological distress as physical symptoms, such as experiencing physical sensations like numbness and tingling after a traumatic event. D. Reexperience is more related to PTSD and involves the reliving of traumatic events through flashbacks or intrusive thoughts, not physical symptoms like numbness and tingling.

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