A psychiatric nurse is working with a teenaged client with low self-esteem. Which client behaviors should the nurse attribute to low self-esteem? Select all that apply
A) Hostility
B) Meticulous grooming
C) Rumination about his situation
D) Complaints of various aches and pains
E) Inability to look another person in the eyes
A, C, D, E
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