The nurse observed that during a teaching session, the overall emotional tone of a client remained unchanged. The nurse documents this as:
1. Affect that has range.
2. Flat affect.
3. Incongruent verbal and nonverbal responses.
4. Muted behavior.
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Rationale: Affect refers to the client's overall emotional tone. Flat affect is used to describe a lack of emotional tone. A client with an affect that has range is interpreted as the client demonstrating a variety of emotions. Muted behavior refers to a client who does not speak or make verbal responses. Incongruent behavior indicates the client's verbal behavior is not correlating with nonverbal behavioral responses.
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