The nurse explains medications that are used to treat schizophrenia include all of the following except:
1. Haldol.
2. Clozapine.
3. Klonopin.
4. Risperdal.
3
Klonopin is a drug used to treat anxiety disorders, not schizophrenia.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1251 and 1254
OBJ: 7 TOP: Neuroleptic Medications
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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