A Patient Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Has Taken a Conventional Antipsychotic

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has taken a conventional antipsychotic medication for a year.Hallucinations are less intrusive,but the patient continues to have apathy,poverty of thought,and social isolation.The nurse would expect a change to which medication?

• A) Haloperidol (Haldol)
• B) Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
• C) Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
• D) Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)

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