The nurse is assessing the assigned client's level of consciousness during morning rounds. The nurse speaks the client's name, strokes the client's hand, and moves the client's shoulder
There is a delay, and then the client states, "What do you want?" Which level of conscious should the nurse document? A) Conscious
B) Semicomatose
C) Somnolent
D) Stuporous
C
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Somnolent or lethargy means that the client is drowsy or sleepy at inappropriate times. This is an improvement from the stuporous state, which includes arousing the client only with vigorous and repeated stimulation. A client that is conscious is alert and responds to stimulation immediately. A client is documented as semicomatose when the client only responds to superficial, relatively mild painful stimuli.
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