If the nurse asks a patient with schizophrenia if any visitors came on Sunday, the response that indicates loose association is:
a. "No."
b. "Yes! I had 90 visitors who came from every state in the union."
c. "Sunday is the Sabbath. Do we have visitors on the Sabbath?"
d. "We visited Yellowstone Park last summer."
D
Disordered thinking occurs when the individual cannot interpret information and the conversation does not flow.
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A) Baby has a changing area. B) Kitchen has a refrigerator. C) Windows are covered with screens. D) Baby sleeps with the mother in bed.
A new parent relates to the nurse that the family has many known food allergies. Which is considered a primary strategy for feeding the infant with many family food allergies?
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