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ATI Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Psychosis
ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR.pdf||NEWEST EXAM!!!
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client states, "My health care provider indicated that I likely
got schizophrenia due to complications experienced in
utero." Which of the following risk factors is this
complications linked to?
a. Genetics
b. Physiological
c. Biochemical
d. Environmental - Answer-b. Physiological
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing
psychosis. Which of the following manifestations should
the nurse identify as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
a. flat affect
b. hearing voices
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c. difficulty concentrating
d. withdrawn socially - Answer-b. hearing voices
A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with
schizophrenia. Which of the following should the nurse
identify as a positive symptom?
a. alogia
b. hallucination
c. avolition
d. anhedonia - Answer-b. hallucination
A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members
about risk factors for schizophrenia. Which of the following
risk factors should the nurse include?
a. Having a twin sibling who has the disorder
b. History of seasonal allergies
c. Living in a rural community
d. Raised in a middle-class income family - Answer-a.
Having a twin sibling who has the disorder
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A nurse is providing information about hallucinations to a
client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make?
a. "It is a belief that something is real when in reality it is
not."
b. "It is when behaviors that you typically display are
abnormally absent."
c. "It is when you see or hear things that others are not
experiencing."
d. "It is when you experience symptoms that affect your
memory." - Answer-c. "It is when you see or hear things
that others are not experiencing."
A nurse is speaking with a client about the potential impact
of living with a serious mental illness. Which of the
following pieces of information should the nurse share?
a. having a job is positively associated with recovery from
serious mental illness (SMI)
b. the stigma over SMIs has improved dramatically in
recent years in the United States
ATI Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Psychosis
ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR.pdf||NEWEST EXAM!!!
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client states, "My health care provider indicated that I likely
got schizophrenia due to complications experienced in
utero." Which of the following risk factors is this
complications linked to?
a. Genetics
b. Physiological
c. Biochemical
d. Environmental - Answer-b. Physiological
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing
psychosis. Which of the following manifestations should
the nurse identify as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
a. flat affect
b. hearing voices
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c. difficulty concentrating
d. withdrawn socially - Answer-b. hearing voices
A nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with
schizophrenia. Which of the following should the nurse
identify as a positive symptom?
a. alogia
b. hallucination
c. avolition
d. anhedonia - Answer-b. hallucination
A nurse is providing education to a group of staff members
about risk factors for schizophrenia. Which of the following
risk factors should the nurse include?
a. Having a twin sibling who has the disorder
b. History of seasonal allergies
c. Living in a rural community
d. Raised in a middle-class income family - Answer-a.
Having a twin sibling who has the disorder
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A nurse is providing information about hallucinations to a
client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make?
a. "It is a belief that something is real when in reality it is
not."
b. "It is when behaviors that you typically display are
abnormally absent."
c. "It is when you see or hear things that others are not
experiencing."
d. "It is when you experience symptoms that affect your
memory." - Answer-c. "It is when you see or hear things
that others are not experiencing."
A nurse is speaking with a client about the potential impact
of living with a serious mental illness. Which of the
following pieces of information should the nurse share?
a. having a job is positively associated with recovery from
serious mental illness (SMI)
b. the stigma over SMIs has improved dramatically in
recent years in the United States
