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Melani1276

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A client has taken a number of conventional and standard antipsychotic drugs over the years. The
  physician, concerned about the client's lack of response to these drugs and the development of
  tardive dyskinesia, has prescribed risperidone.
 
  The nurse planning care for the client must consider
  that atypical antipsychotics
  a. are more readily available.
  b. are of higher potency.
  c. are less costly.
  d. produce fewer motor side effects.

Question 2

A client with schizophrenia begins to talk about volmers hiding in the warehouse where he works
  and undoing his work each night. The term volmers should be assessed as
 
  a. a neologism.
  b. concrete thinking.
  c. thought insertion.
  d. an idea of reference.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Atypical antipsychotic drugs often exert their action on the limbic system rather than the basal
ganglia. The limbic system is not involved in motor disturbances. Option A: These drugs are not
more readily available. Option B: These drugs are not considered to be of higher potency; rather,
they have different modes of action. Option C: The atypical antipsychotic drugs tend to be more
expensive.

Answer to Question 2

A
A neologism is a newly coined word having special meaning to the client. Volmer is not a known
word. Option B: Concrete thinking refers to the inability to think abstractly. Option C: Thought
insertion refers to the idea that the thoughts of others are being planted in one's mind. Option D:
Ideas of reference are a type of delusion in which trivial events are given personal significance.





 

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