The ED nurse is caring for a patient with a dissociative fugue. Which assessment finding would support this diagnosis?
a. Reports of pain in both legs and abdomen
b. An inability to recall how and when he arrived in this city
c. Change in voice and attitude suggesting two distinct personality states
d. Inability to see since witnessing an accident that resulted in two deaths
ANS: B
The inability to recall the past is indicative of a fugue disorder. The remaining options are not characteristics of dissociative fugue.
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