A patient who has been treated with antipsychotic agents for schizophrenia has an elevated blood pressure, dyspnea, and an extremely high temperature. The nurse prepares to treat which disorder?
1. Akathisia
2. Extrapyramidal side effects
3. Acute dystonias
4. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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Rationale 1: Akathisia is an inability to rest or relax.
Rationale 2: Extrapyramidal side effects include dystonia, akathisia, secondary parkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia.
Rationale 3: Acute dystonias involve severe muscle spasms, particularly of the back, neck, tongue, and face.
Rationale 4: The condition that causes an elevated blood pressure, dyspnea, and high temperature is neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Global Rationale: The condition that causes an elevated blood pressure, dyspnea, and high temperature is neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Akathisia is an inability to rest or relax. Extrapyramidal side effects include dystonia, akathisia, secondary parkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia. Acute dystonias involve severe muscle spasms, particularly of the back, neck, tongue, and face.
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