A nurse is caring for a hospitalized client who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The client has been taking antipsychotic medications for 1 week when the nurse observes that the client's eyes are fixed on the ceiling. The nurse documents this finding using which term?

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The nurse should contact the client's physician because the client is exhibiting a dystonic reaction termed oculogyric crisis in which the muscles that control eye movements tense and pull the eyeball so that the client is looking toward the ceiling. Akathisia is manifested by restlessness, with clients often reporting that they feel driven to keep moving. Retrocollis involves the neck muscle, causing the head to be pulled back. Tardive dyskinesia involves abnormal, involuntary movements that are constant.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Hospitalized Client Who Has