During the scheduled assessment of a patient who is experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal, the nurse has identified that the patient does not know where he is and that he feels like there are bugs crawling on his forearms
The nurse would document the presence of what?
A) Olfactory hallucinations and delusions
B) Perseveration and lack of orientation
C) Looseness of association and lack of insight
D) Disorientation and tactile hallucinations
Ans: D
The fact that an individual does not know his or her present location constitutes a lack of orientation; feeling a sense of touch from an object that is not present is an example of a tactile hallucination.
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