Psychotic Disorders no. 4036

Psychotic Disorders no. 4036

QUESTION: While looking out the window, a client with schizophrenia remarks, "That school across the street has creatures in it that are waiting for me." Which term best describes what the creatures represent?

✘O a.) Anxiety attack
✘O b.) Projection
✘O c.) Hallucination
✓O d.) Delusion

RATIONALE

RATIONALE: A delusion is a false belief based on a misrepresentation of a real event or experience. Although anxiety can increase delusional responses, it isn't considered the primary symptom. Projection is falsely attributing to another person one's own unacceptable feelings. Hallucinations, which characterize most psychoses, are perceptual disorders of the five senses; the client may see, taste, feel, smell, or hear something in the absence of external stimulation.
NURSING PROCESS STEP: Assessment
CLIENT NEEDS CATEGORY: Psychosocial integrity
CLIENT NEEDS SUBCATEGORY: None
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Knowledge