Which manifestations should a nurse assess as positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
A) Flat affect and self-care deficits
B) Hallucinations and delusions
C) Social isolation and anhedonia
D) Withdrawal and alogia
B
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The wife of a patient with schizophrenia is worried about her 17-year-old daughter and asks the nurse what symptoms mark the prodromal stage of schizophrenia. The nurse should respond by listing behaviors such as:
a. withdrawal, poor concentration, phobic or obsessive behavior, oddities of speech. b. auditory hallucinations, ideas of reference, thought insertion, and broadcasting. c. stereotyped behavior, echopraxia, echolalia, waxy flexibility, thought-blocking. d. looseness of associations, concrete thinking, echolalia, paranoid delusions.
The nurse is caring for a client receiving oxytocin for induction of labor. Fetal heart rate changes have occurred, suggesting the fetus is not tolerating the procedure. What is the nurse's priority action?
a. Stop the oxytocin immediately. b. Assure the mother that everything will be all right. c. Contact the physician. d. Turn the mother to her left side.
The nurse understands that a client benefit of using benzodiazepams as preprocedural or conscious sedation is:
a. they don't cause respiratory depression. b. using them is less expensive than anesthesia. c. they produce very few adverse effects. d. they produce amnesia for the event.
The nurse is caring for an adult client with Down syndrome who reports fatigue and shortness of breath. Which type of cancer has been identified in clients with Down syndrome?
A. Breast cancer B. Colorectal cancer C. Malignant melanoma D. Leukemia