For a client with obsessive-compulsive disorder with contamination obsessions, what nursing assessment is essential to development of an effective client care plan?
A)Assessment for skin integrity
B)Assessment for sexual activity
C)Assessment for tics
D)Assessment for religious beliefs

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A)Clients with contamination obsessions often have compulsions related to cleaning and washing, especially washing the hands. Continual exposure to water and cleansing agents may result in loss of skin integrity. Assessment for sexual activity or religious beliefs would be more important if the client had aggressive, sexual, or religious obsessions. Assessment for tics would be more important for individuals with symmetry obsessions.
B)Clients with contamination obsessions often have compulsions related to cleaning and washing, especially washing the hands. Continual exposure to water and cleansing agents may result in loss of skin integrity. Assessment for sexual activity or religious beliefs would be more important if the client had aggressive, sexual, or religious obsessions. Assessment for tics would be more important for individuals with symmetry obsessions.
C)Clients with contamination obsessions often have compulsions related to cleaning and washing, especially washing the hands. Continual exposure to water and cleansing agents may result in loss of skin integrity. Assessment for sexual activity or religious beliefs would be more important if the client had aggressive, sexual, or religious obsessions. Assessment for tics would be more important for individuals with symmetry obsessions.
D)Clients with contamination obsessions often have compulsions related to cleaning and washing, especially washing the hands. Continual exposure to water and cleansing agents may result in loss of skin integrity. Assessment for sexual activity or religious beliefs would be more important if the client had aggressive, sexual, or religious obsessions. Assessment for tics would be more important for individuals with symmetry obsessions.

For a Client with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Contamination Obsessions, What