A newly admitted client is diagnosed with bipolar disorder: manic episode. Which symptom related to altered thought is the nurse most likely to assess?
A. Pacing
B. Flight of ideas
C. Lability of mood
D. Irritability
B
Clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder: manic episode experience cognition and perception fragmentation often with psychosis during acute mania. Rapid thinking proceeds to racing and disjointed thinking (flight of ideas) and may be manifested by a continuous flow of accelerated, pressured speak with abrupt changes from topic to topic.
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The nurse walks in to find the patient crying after the physician informed her of her diagnosis of human papilloma virus (HPV)
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