NCLEX-PN Practice Q 19

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The chart of a client with schizophrenia states that the client has perseveration. The nurse can expect the client to:

  

     A. Speak using words that rhyme

     B. Say the same thing over and over

     C. Include irrelevant details in conversation

     D. Make up new words with new meanings

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Say the same thing over and over

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Option B: A client with schizophrenia often has disordered speech such as perseveration where there is an unintentional repetition of a response (word, phrase, or gesture).

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Option A: A client with a clang association speaks using rhyme words.

Option C: A client with circumstantiality includes irrelevant details in conversation.

Option D: A client with neologisms make up new words with new meanings.

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