A client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The nurse is able to move the client's arm in a certain position and it will remain in that position until it is moved again.
The nurse would document this behavior alteration as which of the following?
A) Avolition
B) Waxy flexibility
C) Loose association
D) Dystonia
Question 2
A client is hearing voices telling him to kill himself. The nurse would document this type of perceptual disturbance as which of the following?
A) Illusion
B) Delusion
C) Thought insertion
D) Hallucination
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