The nurse would expect to see which withdrawal symptoms from a patient who abuses alcohol?
1. Lethargy, constipation, light sensitivity, and weight loss
2. Anxiety, seizures, hearing loss, and alopecia
3. Tremors, anxiety, confusion, and delirium
4. Abdominal pain, chills, pupil dilation, and lethargy
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Rationale 1: Lethargy, constipation, light sensitivity, and weight loss are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal.
Rationale 2: Anxiety, seizures, hearing loss, and alopecia are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal.
Rationale 3: Common withdrawal symptoms associated with alcohol include tremors, fatigue, anxiety, abdominal cramping, hallucinations, confusion, seizures, and delirium.
Rationale 4: Abdominal cramping may occur, but chills, pupil dilation, and lethargy are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal.
Global Rationale: Common withdrawal symptoms associated with alcohol include tremors, fatigue, anxiety, abdominal cramping, hallucinations, confusion, seizures, and delirium. Lethargy, constipation, light sensitivity, and weight loss are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal. Anxiety, seizures, hearing loss, and alopecia are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal. Abdominal cramping may occur, but chills, pupil dilation, and lethargy are not commonly associated with alcohol withdrawal.
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