A cardinal symptom of the schizophrenic client is hallucinations. A nurse identifies this as a problem in the category of:

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Options

• AImpaired communication
• BSensory-perceptual alterations
• CAltered thought processes
• DImpaired social interaction

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  89% (32)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

(A) Impaired communication refers to decreased ability or inability to use or understand language in an interaction. (B) In sensory-perceptual alterations an individual has distorted, impaired, or exaggerated responses to incoming stimuli (i.e., a hallucination, which is a false sensory perception that is not associated with real external stimuli). (C) An altered thought processes problem statement is used when an individual experiences a disruption in cognitive operations and activities (i.e., delusions, loose associations, ideas of (D) In impaired social interaction, the individual participates too little or too much in social

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