A frightened, delusional client tells the nurse "I can't go to activities. When I am in a room with a lot
of people I can feel them sucking my thoughts out of my head.". The nurse can correctly assess this
as
a. anhedonia.
b. concrete thinking.
c. thought withdrawal.
d. associative looseness.
C
Thought withdrawal is defined as a delusional belief that someone or something is removing
thoughts from the client's mind. Option A: Anhedonia is the inability to experience pleasure. Option
B: Concrete thinking refers to the inability to use abstraction. Option D: Associative looseness refers
to a lack of ties between thoughts, leading to jumbled thinking.
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a. Combined oral con-traceptives c. Patch b. Vaginal ring d. IUD
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a. Hearing loss b. Severe allergies c. Mental retardation d. A learning disability e. An emotional disturbance
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A) dysmenorrhea. B) staph aureus. C) herpes simplex virus. D) AIDS.