{NGN} MENTAL HEALTH |ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH ACTUAL EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES UPDATE ALREADY A GRADED

{NGN} MENTAL HEALTH |ATI RN MENTAL HEALTH ACTUAL EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES UPDATE ALREADY A GRADED A nurse is admitting a patient with schizophrenia to an acute care setting. When the nurse questions the patient regarding their admission, the client states, "I'm red, in the head, and I'm going to bed!" The nurse should document the client's speech pattern as which of the following? a. Clang association b. Word salad c. Neologism d. Echolalia a. Clang association Rationale: The nurse should document that the patients speech uses clang associations which often rhyme or contain a string of words that can have a similar sound b. In word salad, words are completely meaningless and disorganized. c. Neologism consists of words that are made up by the patient d. In echolalia, the patient repeats the words of another person A nurse is assessing a patient who has schizophrenia. Which of the following findings should the nurse document as a negative symptom of this disorder? a. Delusions b. Neologisms c. Anhedonia d. Echopraxia Anhedonia