A nurse caring for a patient suspects that the patient has a personality disorder in addition to presenting with maladaptive stress response. To confirm this, the nurse would look in the patient's medical record on the DSM-IV-TR Axis:
a. I.
b. II.
c. IV.
d. V.
B
Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR will confirm or deny the presence of a diagnosed personality disorder.
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