The Nurse Is Assessing a Client Diagnosed with Somatic Symptom

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) . Which findings would the nurse expect to observe?

A) Presence of multiple personalities, depersonalization, derealization, and "gaps" in memory
B) Aphonia, la belle indifference, paralysis with no physical reason, and possible hallucinations
C) Anxious, seeing several health-care providers simultaneously, overmedicates, and vague symptoms
D) Pretends to be ill, aggravates existing symptoms, inflicts self-injury and has many hospitalizations