A male client is in the process of being admitted to a mental health facility. He is sure that the nurse is the administrator of the hospital, despite the nurse's insistence that he is a staff nurse on the unit. This client is experiencing:
a. Acute confusion
b. Visual hallucinations
c. Delusions
d. Auditory hallucinations
C
Delusions are thoughts or beliefs that cannot be changed by rational explanations. Acute confusion is seen as disorientation to person, place, time, or purpose. A visual hallucination involves seeing something that is not there, and an auditory hallucination is hearing something that is not present.
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