The nurse realizes that when executive functioning is decreased in clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, there is impairment in the:
1. Cerebellum.
2. Brain stem.
3. Frontal lobe.
4. Medulla.
3. Frontal lobe.
Rationale:
Executive functioning is located in the frontal lobe. The brain stem, cerebellum, and medulla do not deal directly with executive functioning.
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