Question 1

The wife of a patient being treated for a recent diagnosis of schizophrenia asks how long it will be until her husband is cured.What response by the nurse is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Schizophrenia can be managed with therapy and medications.It cannot be permanently cured.Evidence suggests that early treatment for schizophrenia improves long-term prognosis.Patients who are treated for first episodes generally respond to the therapeutic effects and require lower doses of antipsychotic medications.After starting a medication,the patient should be monitored for 2 to 4 weeks for therapeutic response.

Question 2

The paranoid schizophrenic who is taking a neuroleptic is brought to the emergency department with acute muscle spasm of the face and neck with eyes that are fixed in an upward stare.The nurse recognizes the condition of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The paranoid schizophrenic who is taking a...

Question 3

The nurse takes into consideration that the characteristics of personality disorders include: (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

There is no impaired cognition in the individual with a personality disorder.

Question 4

The delusional patient rushes up to the nurse and begins to brush her uniform with his hands,saying,"I must get the weegos off of you!" The nurse recognizes that the word "weegos" is a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The delusional patient rushes up to the...

Question 5

The nurse points out that negative symptoms of schizophrenia are more difficult to modify.Examples of negative symptoms are: (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Negative symptoms are abilities or personal characteristics that are absent or lost to the patient.

Question 6

The nurse is aware that schizophrenia is a thought disorder that is characterized by psychotic features,which include: (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Sexual dysfunction is not a characteristic of schizophrenia.

Question 7

The nurse explains that neuroleptic drugs such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine)are very effective in treating positive symptoms of schizophrenia by: (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Hallucinations,disorganized thought,and delusional systems are the positive symptoms that respond to neuroleptics.Negative symptoms such as withdrawal and inactivity do not respond well to these drugs.

Question 8

Milieu therapy is a therapeutic application for people with personality disorders in which the therapy is based on: (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

Milieu therapy provides all these options for treating people with personality disorders.

Quiz 49: Care of Patients With Thought and Personality Disorders