NURS 6635 EXAM FINAL, WINTER 2021 Exam Elaborations Questions With Answers and E, WALDEN UNIVERSITY.

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QUESTION 1 1. Select the diagnostic criterion for catatonia resulting from a medical condition. A Loose association . B Pressured speech . C Waxy flexibility . D Involuntary . movement Answe... r: C . Step-by-Step explanation Catatonia is a type of schizophrenia that have symptoms usually involve lack of movement or immobility. One of the behaviors that the catatonic patient have is waxy flexibility where his or her limbs stay in the position or unable to move. He or she needs another person to reposition his or her limbs. Therefore, the answer is waxy flexibility. QUESTION 2 1. Select the negative symptom of schizophrenia. Answer: A . A Anhedonia . B Delusions . C Catatonia . D Hallucinatio . ns Step-by-Step explanation Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects a person's ability to think, behave, express feelings, interpret reality, and interact with others. Schizophrenia is the most chronic and debilitating of the main psychiatric disorders, despite its rarity. There are symptoms of Schizophrenia - negative and positive ones. We will talk about the positive symptoms first. 1.) Hallucinations - the patient can hear, smell, see and feel something that nobody does.2.) Delusion - the patient have mistaken or faulty beliefs. 3) Disorganized thoughts - patient is having a hard time to sort out or to arrange his thoughts.4) Hard to concentrate - lose focus on something or what he does. 5) Movement disorders. QUESTION 1 1. Select the diagnostic criterion for catatonia resulting from a medical condition. Walden University_NURS6635 Exam Final Winter 2021 So, we can eliminate "Delusions" (letter B) and "Hallucinations" (Letter D) as choices for negative symptoms of Schizophrenia. [Show More]

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