Which nursing diagnosis would likely apply both to a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia as well as a patient diagnosed with amphetamine-induced psychosis?
A) Powerlessness
B) Disturbed thought processes
C) Ineffective thermoregulation
D) Impaired oral mucous membrane

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Both types of patients commonly experience paranoid delusions; thus, the nursing diagnosis of disturbed thought processes is appropriate for both. The incorrect options are not specifically applicable to both.

Which Nursing Diagnosis Would Likely Apply Both to a Patient