A client tells visiting family that a test was done to see how the client's brain was functioning. The family asks the nurse if there really is such a test. The nurse realizes that the client had which type of test?
1. Computerized tomography (CT)
2. Positron emission test (PET)
3. Single photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT)
4. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Rationale: A PET scan provides information about the metabolic functioning of the brain. CT, MRI, and SPECT are imaging techniques to examine the structure of the brain.
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The therapeutic team identifies strategies for working with a client with an admitting diagnosis of schizophrenia with a pronounced episodic delusional disorder
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