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Title: A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are ... Post by: 11202017 on Jan 20, 2018 A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are
less intrusive, but the client remains apathetic, has poverty of thought, cannot work, and is socially isolated. To address these symptoms, the nurse might expect the psychiatrist to prescribe a. haloperidol (Haldol). b. olanzapine (Zyprexa). c. diphenhydramine (Benadryl). d. chlorpromazine (Thorazine). Title: A client with schizophrenia has received standard antipsychotics for a year. His hallucinations are ... Post by: Mac_17 on Jan 20, 2018 B
Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic that targets both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Options A and D are standard antipsychotics that target only positive symptoms. Option C is an antihistamine. |