The nurse is assessing a client who was just brought to the emergency department. The client can be aroused only with extreme or repeated stimuli. How should the nurse describe this client in a report to the ED physician?

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The client described as being able to be aroused only with extreme or repeated stimuli is best described as semicomatose. This term indicates a state less severe than coma but where the patient is not fully conscious.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client Who Was Just Brought