When a client tells the clinic nurse that he has irresistible sleep attacks throughout the day lasting from 10 to 15 minutes, the nurse suspects that the client may be experiencing what?
A) Cataplexy
B) Narcolepsy
C) Insomnia
D) Prolonged latency
Ans: B
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Narcolepsy is a disorder of excessive daytime sleepiness characterized by short, almost irresistible daytime sleep attacks, usually lasting 10 to 15 minutes and with abnormal manifestations of REM sleep.
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