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Title: The medical record of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia states that the patient has cognitive ...
Post by: ZN on Jan 20, 2018
The medical record of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia states that the patient has cognitive dysfunction. From this statement, the nurse can expect to see evidence of:
 
  a. anxiety, fear, and agitation.
  b. aggression, anger, hostility, or violence.
  c. blunted or flat affect or inappropriate affective responses.
  d. impaired memory and attention as well as formal thought disorder.


Title: The medical record of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia states that the patient has cognitive ...
Post by: coronae074 on Jan 20, 2018
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Problems in cognitive functioning include impaired short-term and long-term memory, distractibility and poor concentration, loose associations, tangentiality, incoherence, illogical speech, concrete thinking, indecisiveness, impaired judgment, and delusions.