A Patient Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Reveals to the Nurse That

question 24

Multiple Choice

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia reveals to the nurse that voices have warned of danger and adds,"They're so loud they frighten me.Do you hear them?" The nurse's best initial response would be:

• A) "I know these voices are very real to you, but I don't hear them."
• B) "Don't worry. You're safe in the hospital. I won't let anything happen to you."
• C) "Tell me more about the voices. Are they men or women? How many are there?"
• D) "What do you do in order to keep yourself occupied so you don't hear the voices?"

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Definitions:

Topographic Model

A Freudian concept dividing the psyche into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.

Conscious

In Freud’s topographic model, the part of personality that contains the thoughts we are currently aware of.

Preconscious

Pertaining to thoughts and feelings not immediately in consciousness but can be readily brought to mind.

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