The nurse caring for a patient with schizophrenia spectrum disorder knows that the appearance of hard signs indicates which types of impairment? Select all that apply.

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1. Neurologic signs are divided into hard and soft signs. Hard signs indicate impaired reflex, sensory, or motor functioning and include hypoalgesia, impaired olfactory functioning, and oculomotor abnormalities. Soft signs are deficits that do not implicate specific brain areas and include grimacing, increased blink rates, problems sequencing motor tasks, and asterognosis.
5. Neurologic signs are divided into hard and soft signs. Hard signs indicate impaired reflex, sensory, or motor functioning and include hypoalgesia, impaired olfactory functioning, and oculomotor abnormalities. Soft signs are deficits that do not implicate specific brain areas and include grimacing, increased blink rates, problems sequencing motor tasks, and asterognosis.

The Nurse Caring for a Patient with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder