A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations anxiously tells the nurse,"The voice is telling me to do things." Select the nurse's priority assessment question.

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Learning what a command hallucination is telling the patient to do is important because the command often places the patient or others at risk for harm.Command hallucinations can be terrifying and may pose a psychiatric emergency.The incorrect questions are of lesser importance than identifying the command.

A Patient Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Auditory Hallucinations Anxiously Tells