After assessing a client with schizophrenia, a nurse suspects that the client is experiencing an anticholinergic crisis. Which of the following would the nurse most likely have assessed? Select all that apply
A) Dilated, reactive pupils
B) Blurred vision
C) Ataxia
D) Coherent speech
E) Facial pallor
F) Disorientation
Ans: B, C, F
Manifestations of anticholinergic crisis include dilated, unreactive pupils, blurred vision, ataxia, incoherent speech, facial flushing, and disorientation.
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