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When a community health nurse arrives at the home of a client diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, the nurse finds the client on the floor unconscious. The client has a history of using laxatives for purging. To what would the nurse attribute this client's symptoms?


A) Increased creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels
B) Abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG)
C) Metabolic acidosis
D) Metabolic alkalosis

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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