A client with schizophrenia who admits to auditory hallucinations anxiously tells the nurse "The
voice is telling me to do things.". The priority assessment question the nurse should ask is
a. "Do you recognize the voice speaking to you?'
b. "How long has the voice been directing your behavior?"
c. "Does what the voice tell you to do frighten you?"
d. "What is the voice telling you to do?"
D
Learning what a command hallucination is telling the client to do is important because the command
often places the client or others at risk for harm. Command hallucinations can be terrifying and may
pose a psychiatric emergency. The other queries are of lesser importance than identifying the
command.
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