A newly admitted patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia is hypervigilant and constantly scans the environment. He states that he saw two doctors talking in the hall and knows they were plotting to kill him
When charting, how should the nurse identify this behavior? a. Idea of reference
b. Delusion of infidelity
c. Auditory hallucination
d. Echolalia
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Ideas of reference are misinterpretations of the verbalizations or actions of others wherein the patient believes the behaviors have special meanings relative to him. For example, seeing two people talking, the individual assumes they are talking about him or her. Hallucinations are a misinterpretation of internal stimuli as being external reality, a delusion is a persistent irrational belief, and echolalia is repeating the words of others.
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