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An example of presenting reality.
Reinforcing the client's delusions.
Focusing on emotional content.
A nontherapeutic technique called mind reading.
"I think you're wrong. France is a friendly country and an ally of the United States. Their government wouldn't try to kill you.
"I find it hard to believe that a foreign government or anyone else is trying to hurt you. You must feel frightened by this."
"You're wrong. Nobody is trying to kill you."
"A foreign government is trying to kill you? Please tell me more about it."
Antipsychotic-induced akathisia and anxiety
The manic phase of bipolar illness as a mood stabilizer
Delusions for clients suffering from schizophrenia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to reduce ritualistic behavior
"If it had been your emergency, I would have made the other client wait."
"I know it's frustrating to wait. I'm sorry this happened."
"You had to wait. Can we talk about how this is making you feel right now?"
"I really care about you and I'll never let this happen again."
Say, "You know it's your medicine.
Allow him to open the individual wrappers of the medication.
Say, "Don't worry about what is in the pills. It's what is ordered."
Ignore the comment because it's probably a joke
Approach the client and touch him to get his attentio
Encourage the client to go to his room where he'll experience fewer distractions.
Acknowledge that the client is hearing voices but make it clear that the nurse doesn't hear these voices.
Ask the client to describe what the voices are saying.
His concern is valid but his wife is an adult and has the right to make her own decisions.
He can easily mix the medication in his wife's food if she stops taking it.
His wife can be given a long-acting medication that is administered every 1 to 4 weeks.
His wife knows she must take her medication as prescribed to avoid future hospitalizations
Decreasing the anxiety causing muscle rigidity.
Blocking the cholinergic activity in the central nervous system (CNS).
Increasing the level of acetylcholine in the CNS
Increasing norepinephrine in the CNS.
"I think you're wrong. France is a friendly country and an ally of the United States. Their government wouldn't try to kill you."
"I find it hard to believe that a foreign government or anyone else is trying to hurt you. You must feel frightened by this."
"You're wrong. Nobody is trying to kill you."
"A foreign government is trying to kill you? Please tell me more about it."
Blocking dopamine receptors in the central nervous system (CNS).
Blocking acetylcholine in the CNS.
Activating norepinephrine in the CNS.
Activating dopamine receptors in the CNS
Stimulate the CNS by blocking postsynaptic dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin receptors.
Sedate the CNS by stimulating serotonin at the synaptic cleft.
Depress the CNS by blocking the postsynaptic transmission of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
Depress the CNS by stimulating the release of acetylcholine.
A client is admitted to the psychiatric unit of a local hospital with chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia. During the next several days, the client is seen laughing, yelling, and talking to herself. This behavior is characteristic of:
Looseness of association.
Illusion.
Hallucination
Prochlorperazine (Compazine
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Midazolam (Versed)
"I don't hear the voice, but I know you hear what sounds like a voice."
"You shouldn't focus on that voice."
"Don't worry about the voice as long as it doesn't belong to anyone real."
"King Tut has been dead for years.
An example of presenting reality.
Reinforcing the client's delusions.
Focusing on emotional content.
A nontherapeutic technique called mind reading.
Approach the client and touch him to get his attention
Encourage the client to go to his room where he'll experience fewer distractions.
Acknowledge that the client is hearing voices but make it clear that the nurse doesn't hear these voices.
Ask the client to describe what the voices are saying
Restlessness, difficulty sitting still, and pacing
Involuntary rolling of the eyes
Tremors, shuffling gait, and masklike face
Extremity and neck spasms, facial grimacing, and jerky movements
Give the next dose of fluphenazine, call the physician, and monitor vital signs.
Withhold the next dose of fluphenazine, call the physician, and monitor vital signs.
Give the next dose of fluphenazine and restrict the client to the room to decrease stimulatio
Withhold the next dose of fluphenazine, administer an antipyretic agent, and increase the client's fluid intake.
"This subject seems to be troubling you. Let's walk to the activity room.
"Describe the man who's out to get you. What does he look like?"
"There is no reason to be afraid of that man. This hospital is very secure."
"There is no need to be concerned with a man who isn't even real."
Occurrence of increased libido due to medication adverse effects
Increased incidence of dysmenorrhea while taking the drug
Continuing previous use of contraception during periods of amenorrhea
Instruction that amenorrhea is irreversible
Tardive dyskinesia
Dystonia
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Lithium carbonate (Lithonate)
Amitriptyline (Elavil)
A false belief about the functioning of the body.
Belief that the body is deformed or defective in a specific way.
False ideas about the self, others, or the world
The inability to carry out motor activities.
A delusion.
Flight of ideas.
Ideas of reference.
A hallucination.
Benztropine (Cogentin).
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl).
Propranolol (Inderal).
Haloperidol (Haldol).