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A nurse worked with a patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe withdrawal, and psychomotor retardation. After 3 weeks, the patient did not improve. The nurse is most at risk for feelings ofA.t guilt and despair.B.t over-involvement.C. interest and pleasure.D. ineffectiveness and frustration.

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          A nurse worked with a patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe withdrawal, and psychomotor retardation. After 3 weeks, the patient did not improve. The nurse is most at risk for feelings ofA.t guilt and despair.B.t over-involvement.C. interest and pleasure.D. ineffectiveness and frustration.

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A nurse worked with a patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe withdrawal, and psychomotor retardation. After 3 weeks, the patient did not improve. The nurse is most at risk for feelings ofA.t guilt and despair.B.t over-involvement.C. interest and pleasure.D. ineffectiveness and frustration.

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00:01 Romeo is grandiose in his thinking, incoherent in his speech and so hyperactive he has hardly sat down in the past week.

00:31 Dijon is overactive and elated, starting projects but not completing them...

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