NUR 311 Exam 1- Psych Nursing
Chapter 24 – Schizophrenia Questions
and Correct Answers
Schizophrenia ✅________________ is characterized by a deteriorating personality, is
a profoundly disabling mental/physical illness, and is a term used to escribe a major
psychotic disorder characterized by disturbances in Perception, Thought Processes,
Reality Testing, Feeling, Behavior, Attention, & Motivation and an overall decline in
psychosocial functioning
Schizophrenia ✅_____________ first appears in late adolescence to early adulthood
Men ✅__________ with Schizophrenia have a more severe disease course
Women ✅_______________ with Schizophrenia have more positive symptoms, are
more compliant with medications, and have lower blood levels/longer half-lives of
medications
Schizophrenia ✅Inner-City Residents, People from Lower Socioeconomic Classes, &
Individuals who experience prenatal difficulties are more likely to experience
___________
Acute, Stabilizing, Stable ✅Schizophrenia's course of illness can be broken down into
3 phases:
1. _________ Phase
2. ________ Phase
3. ________ Phase
Acute ✅In the ________ phase of Schizophrenia, the patient experiences severe
psychotic symptoms
Stabilizing ✅In the ________ phase of Schizophrenia, the patient is getting better
Stable ✅In the ________ phase of Schizophrenia, the patient might still experience
hallucinations and delusions, but the hallucinations and delusions are not as severe or
disabling as they were during the acute phase
True ✅T/F: Most patients alternate between acute and stable phases
Positive, Negative ✅Schizophrenia has two subtypes:
1. _________ Schizophrenia (Type I)
2. _________ Schizophrenia (Type II)
, Positive ✅Abnormal Thoughts, Agitation, Bizarre Behavior, Delusions, Excitement,
Feelings of Persecution, Grandiosity, Hallucinations, Hostility, Illusions, Insomnia, &
Suspiciousness are signs and symptoms associated with _________ Schizophrenia
(Type I)
Negative ✅Alogia, Anergia, Asocial Behavior, Attention Deficits, Avolition, Blunted
Affect, Communication Difficulties, Difficulty with Abstractions, Passive Social
Withdrawal, Poor Grooming/Hygiene, Poor Rapport, & Poverty of Speech are signs and
symptoms associated with _________ Schizophrenia (Type II)
Cognition, Perception ✅Negative Schizophrenia is called "Negative" because
symptoms are absence of normal _________ & _________
True ✅T/F: Schizophrenia can be further broken down into Primary & Secondary
Secondary ✅Symptoms of __________ Schizophrenia are often caused by
Antipsychotic Medications, Hospitalizations, Loss of Social Supports, & Socioeconomic
Decline
Objective ✅_____________ Behavioral Disorders in Schizophrenia include Alterations
in Personal Relationships & Alterations of Activity
Personal Relationships ✅Decreased attention to appearance and social amenities
related to introspection and autism, Inadequate or inappropriate communication,
Hostility, & Withdrawal are examples of Objective Behavioral Disorders of Alterations in
___________ _________
Activity ✅Psychomotor Agitation, Catatonic Rigidity, Echopraxia (repetitive
movements), & Stereotypy (repetitive acts or words) are examples of Objective
Behavioral Disorders of Alterations in __________
Subjective ✅_____________ Behavioral Disorders in Schizophrenia include Altered
Perception, Alterations of Thought, Altered Consciousness, & Alterations of Effect
Perception ✅Hallucinations, Illusions, & Paranoid Thinking are examples of Subjective
Behavioral Disorders in Altered __________
Hallucinations ✅___________ are false sensory perceptions that are auditory, visual,
olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or somatic
Illusions ✅_________ are misinterpretations of real external stimuli
