The nurse is caring for a patient with a recent diagnosis of ...

[haleyc112]

The nurse is caring for a patient with a recent diagnosis of schizophrenia. His wife asks how long it will be until her husband is cured. What response by the nurse is most appropriate?
 
  a. Unfortunately, there is no cure, but the condition can be managed.
  b. It will take approximately 1 to 2 months of medication therapy to alleviate your husband's symptoms.
  c. We cannot consider your husband cured until he has been symptom free for at least 1 year.
  d. There is no way to predict his outcome during his initial episode.

Question 2

The nurse is talking with a patient who voices concerns about the incidence of schizophrenia in her family. The patient states that she is worried the condition will be inherited by her teenage daughter.
 
  What response by the nurse is most appropriate?
  a. Unfortunately, schizophrenia does run in families.
  b. Although some familial factors exist, there is no exact known cause for schi-zophrenia.
  c. Your daughter would show some evi-dence of the condition by this point in her life, so there is no real reason to worry.
  d. As long as your home environment is warm and loving, she will be fine.

[tennis14576]

Answer to Question 1

A
Schizophrenia can be managed with therapy and medications. It cannot be permanently cured. Evidence suggests that early treatment for schizophrenia improves long-term prognosis. Patients who are treated for first episodes generally respond to the therapeutic effects and require lower doses of antipsychotic medications. After starting a medication, the patient should be monitored for 2 to 4 weeks for therapeutic response.

Answer to Question 2

B
The exact cause of schizophrenia is unknown; however, current research favors the theory that there is a neurologic basis with a genetic component. As with most chronic conditions, an unfa-vorable social environment contributes to a poor prognosis. Schizophrenia usually develops in late adolescence or the early twenties.

[haleyc112]

Correct answers!

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