During the mental status examination, the nurse observes that the client rapidly changes from one idea to another related thought. Which disordered thinking process is the client displaying?
a. Delusions
b. Perseveration
c. Confabulation
d. Flight of ideas
D
It is difficult to follow a conversation with an individual who is experiencing flight of ideas because the conversation follows his rapidly changing thought pattern. Delusions result in false beliefs that cannot be corrected by logical explanations or reasoning; perseveration occurs when the client repeats the same word response to different questions; and with confabulation, the client uses untrue statements to fill in gaps of memory loss.
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