The nurse who is counseling a client with a dissociative disorder should understand that the
assessment of highest priority is
a. risk for self-harm.
b. cognitive functioning.
c. identification of drug abuse.
d. readiness to reestablish identity or memory.
ANS: A
Assessments that relate to client safety take priority. Clients with dissociative disorders may be at
risk for suicide or self-mutilation, so the nurse must be alert for hints of hopelessness, helplessness
and worthlessness, low self-esteem, and impulses to self-mutilate. The other options are important
assessments but rank beneath safety.
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