Mrs. Owens was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and, in the course of her treatment, it was determined that she was also an alcoholic because she began experiencing alcohol withdrawal while she was in the hospital
When the psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant wrote up Mrs. Owens' mental disorder, in which Axis was her diagnosis of alcohol dependence placed?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
A
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While the older African American is at the highest risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, the nurse demonstrates an understanding of this disease process's risk factors when assessing this population's:
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