NUR 233 Hondros Exam
Schizophrenia - ANSWER Abnormal scattered pattern of thinking for 6 months or
more.
Starts to affect school, work, and relationships.
positive s/s of schizophrenia
(psychotic) - ANSWER hallucinations
delusions
abnormal thoughts bizarre behavior confused thoughts
negative s/s of schizophrenia
(negative state) - ANSWER 5 As
Affect flat
Anhedonia
Apathy
Alogia
Anxiety and Avoids
Tactile hallucinations - ANSWER Sensation of being touched
Best action = provide headphones and music
Auditory hallucinations - ANSWER Hearing voices and sounds that are not there
Best action = provide headphones and music
What kind of symptom is it when the patient hears voices that tell them to go home?
- ANSWER Positive symptom
What kind of symptom is it when a patient says "This song has a secret message for
me"? - ANSWER Positive symptom
Delusions of reference - ANSWER "this song has a secret message just for me"
Delusions of control - ANSWER "I do not go online, that how the FBI controls you"
Delusions of grandeur - ANSWER "I have a very important meeting with the queen
today"
Persecutory delusions - ANSWER "The hospital food is trying to poison me"
paranoid
Loose associations - ANSWER Flight of ideas
"The universe is like a raison, but the moos is a whole and I rode my bike"
, Neologisms - ANSWER Making up words
"I have to get away. The vomers are coming to execute me"
Clang associations - ANSWER Listing rhyming words together that make no sense
"Lets go to the bay, hit the hay, what do you say, we can go today"
Word salad - ANSWER Mixing words together that have no meaning except to the
client
"Here is the chair, moon, orange, drank too much"
Concrete thinking - ANSWER Taking a statement literally
"Grass is greener on the other side"
Tangentiality - ANSWER Speaking of unrelated topics that do not correlate to the
main discussion
"When I was five, my cat was killed, I love dogs"
Echolalia - ANSWER Repetition of words they hear from someone else
Perseveration - ANSWER Repeating the same words/phrases when answering
different questions
Flat affect - ANSWER Expressionless/blank look
Anhedonia - ANSWER Inability to experience pleasure
Apathy - ANSWER Lack of interest or motivation
Alogia - ANSWER Poor speech
A patient with schizophrenia leaves the room as soon as the nurse enters and asks
about the patients day. What is the best action? - ANSWER Let the patient leave
and sit quietly
Negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER Verbal
communication is almost nonexistent
The patient needs frequent redirection because of short attention span
Cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia - ANSWER Capacity to remember
Affects memory, learning, understanding
Schizophrenia - ANSWER Abnormal scattered pattern of thinking for 6 months or
more.
Starts to affect school, work, and relationships.
positive s/s of schizophrenia
(psychotic) - ANSWER hallucinations
delusions
abnormal thoughts bizarre behavior confused thoughts
negative s/s of schizophrenia
(negative state) - ANSWER 5 As
Affect flat
Anhedonia
Apathy
Alogia
Anxiety and Avoids
Tactile hallucinations - ANSWER Sensation of being touched
Best action = provide headphones and music
Auditory hallucinations - ANSWER Hearing voices and sounds that are not there
Best action = provide headphones and music
What kind of symptom is it when the patient hears voices that tell them to go home?
- ANSWER Positive symptom
What kind of symptom is it when a patient says "This song has a secret message for
me"? - ANSWER Positive symptom
Delusions of reference - ANSWER "this song has a secret message just for me"
Delusions of control - ANSWER "I do not go online, that how the FBI controls you"
Delusions of grandeur - ANSWER "I have a very important meeting with the queen
today"
Persecutory delusions - ANSWER "The hospital food is trying to poison me"
paranoid
Loose associations - ANSWER Flight of ideas
"The universe is like a raison, but the moos is a whole and I rode my bike"
, Neologisms - ANSWER Making up words
"I have to get away. The vomers are coming to execute me"
Clang associations - ANSWER Listing rhyming words together that make no sense
"Lets go to the bay, hit the hay, what do you say, we can go today"
Word salad - ANSWER Mixing words together that have no meaning except to the
client
"Here is the chair, moon, orange, drank too much"
Concrete thinking - ANSWER Taking a statement literally
"Grass is greener on the other side"
Tangentiality - ANSWER Speaking of unrelated topics that do not correlate to the
main discussion
"When I was five, my cat was killed, I love dogs"
Echolalia - ANSWER Repetition of words they hear from someone else
Perseveration - ANSWER Repeating the same words/phrases when answering
different questions
Flat affect - ANSWER Expressionless/blank look
Anhedonia - ANSWER Inability to experience pleasure
Apathy - ANSWER Lack of interest or motivation
Alogia - ANSWER Poor speech
A patient with schizophrenia leaves the room as soon as the nurse enters and asks
about the patients day. What is the best action? - ANSWER Let the patient leave
and sit quietly
Negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia? - ANSWER Verbal
communication is almost nonexistent
The patient needs frequent redirection because of short attention span
Cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia - ANSWER Capacity to remember
Affects memory, learning, understanding
