A client with chronic schizophrenia has had a stroke involving the hippocampus. The client will be discharged on low doses of haloperidol
The nurse who must provide medication teaching will need to adjust the teaching plan to account for client problems with:
1. Memory
2. Expressive aphasia
3. Emotional control
4. Poor balance and coordination
ANS: 1
The hippocampus plays a major role in short-term memory and, hence, in learning. The other de-fects mentioned (options 2, 3, and 4) originate in other parts of the brain.
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