A patient with a diagnosis of catatonic-type schizophrenia repeats words and phrases that someone else has just said. The nurse knows this repetitive speech pattern is:
A) Confabulation
B) Word salad
C) Echopraxia
D) Echolalia
D
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You are discharging a client after a cardiac catheterization. What would you include in your discharge teaching?
A) Eat only soft foods for the next 12 hours. B) Report any numbness, tingling, or sharp pain in the extremity. C) Restrict your intake of water until the dye is out of your system. D) You can move around whenever you feel like getting up.
Of the most frequent responses to pain, which condition is most likely to impede your client's progress in labor?
1. Increased pulse 2. Elevated blood pressure 3. Muscle tension 4. Increased respirations
The population that is increasingly using critical care units and needing specialized nursing care is the population of
a. elderly. b. middle-age adults. c. underserved pregnant women. d. uninsured.
A patient in the emergency department says, "I took a drug that makes me feel like I'm outside my body looking at the world. Colors move like music." The nurse should assess that the patient
a. probably has schizophreniform disorder. b. has probably ingested a hallucinogen. c. is experiencing formication. d. is using confabulation.