A mental health client has been prescribed clozapine (Clozaril) ...

[BrownTown3]

A mental health client has been prescribed clozapine (Clozaril) for the treatment of schizophrenia. The nurse should be alert to which of the following potentially life-threatening adverse effects of this medication?
 
  A) Weight loss
  B) Agranulocytosis
  C) Palpitations
  D) Hemorrhage

Question 2

A client with a diagnosis of schizophrenia believes that he is an undercover operative for the CIA and that voices of various representatives of the organization give him regular updates on his missions.
 
  He is unwilling to participate in many interventions because he is too busy with things that are more important than you could possibly understand. This client exhibits the characteristics of what subtype of schizophrenia?
 
  A) Paranoid
  B) Catatonic
  C) Disorganized
  D) Undifferentiated

[whitcassie]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Agranulocytosis is a life-threatening adverse effect of Clozaril. WBC counts should be monitored frequently due to extremely low levels of white blood cells. Weight gain occurs with certain antipsychotics. Palpitations and hemorrhage are not generally associated with antipsychotics.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Clients exhibiting paranoid schizophrenia tend to experience persecutory or grandiose delusions and auditory hallucinations.

[BrownTown3]

Excellent

[patma1981]

Gracias!