Why Should a Nurse Not Touch a Client with Schizophrenia

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why should a nurse not touch a client with schizophrenia without warning?

• A) It frightens the client.
• B) It generates a violent response.
• C) It disorients the client.
• D) It generates anxiety in the client.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Oversight

The phenomenon where an observer fails to notice something in their visual domain because their attention is focused elsewhere.

Injury Control

The effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries, especially through public health policies and safety guidelines.

Harm Reduction

Strategies and policies aimed at reducing the negative consequences associated with various human behaviors, particularly in public health contexts.

The Superego

A component of Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the superego represents the internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct, functioning to suppress urges of the id and to strive for perfection.