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lak

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on: Jul 19, 2018
Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for a patient who insists being called Your Highness and demonstrates loosely associated thoughts?
 
  a. Risk for violence
  b. Defensive coping
  c. Impaired memory
  d. Disturbed thought processes

Question 2

A newly admitted patient has the diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. Which behavior observed in the patient supports that diagnosis?
 
  a. Uses a rhyming form of speech
  b. Refuses to eat any unwrapped foods
  c. Laughs when watching a sad movie
  d. Maintains an immobilized state for hours


jharrington11

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Delusions and loose associations suggest disturbed thought processes. The other options are not supported by data in the scenario.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Catatonic schizophrenia is characterized by extremes of psychomotor activity ranging from frenzied behavior to immobilization and may include echopraxia and posturing. Paranoid thinking is characteristic of paranoid schizophrenia. Inappropriate affect and clanging are seen in disorganized schizophrenia.


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