When receiving report, the nurse learns that a schizophrenic patient has been displaying waxy flexibility. Which behavior is consistent with this report?
a. The patient sits and stares at the wall without speaking.
b. The patient arranges himself in several seated postures on the couch.
c. The patient marches stiffly up and down the center of the dayroom.
d. The patient holds his arm over his head with his fist clenched for an hour.
D
Waxy flexibility refers to maintaining a limb in one position for a long time. The catatonic patient will exhibit a stuporous demeanor. It is associated with rigidity and unusual posturing.
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