A Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Is Experiencing

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a flat affect, paranoid delusions, anhedonia, anergia, neologisms, and echolalia. Which statement correctly differentiates the client's positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

• A) Paranoid delusions, anhedonia, and anergia are positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
• B) Paranoid delusions, neologisms, and echolalia are positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
• C) Paranoid delusions, anergia, and echolalia are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
• D) Paranoid delusions, flat affect, and anhedonia are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

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