Schizophrenia NCLEX Review Questions
This NCLEX-style quiz reviews schizophrenia symptoms, delusions, and symptom categorization—key content for mental health nursing and NCLEX-RN preparation, focusing on psychiatric disorders and therapeutic communication.
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Schizophrenia
NCLEX Review Questions
Question 1
1. Which of the following is defined as a group of mental disorders characterized
by psychotic features, disordered thought processes, and disrupted interpersonal
relationships?
A. Delusion
B. Paranoia
C. Schizophrenia
D. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Answer
C. Schizophrenia is a maladaptive disturbance characterized by a number of
common behaviors involving disorders of thought content, mood, feeling,
perception, communication and interpersonal relationships.
Schizophrenia
NCLEX Review Questions
Question 1
1. Which of the following is defined as a group of mental disorders characterized
by psychotic features, disordered thought processes, and disrupted interpersonal
relationships?
A. Delusion
B. Paranoia
C. Schizophrenia
D. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Answer
C. Schizophrenia is a maladaptive disturbance characterized by a number of
common behaviors involving disorders of thought content, mood, feeling,
perception, communication and interpersonal relationships.
Question 2
2. Schizophrenia symptoms are grouped into two broad categories. The nurse
enumerates them as which of the following?
A. Positive and Negative
B. Overt and Covert
C. Simple and Complex
D. Internal and External
Answer
A. Symptoms of schizophrenia fall into two broad categories which are
positive and negative. Positive symptoms are those that are recognizable
while negative symptoms refer to what is missing or taken away.
Question 3
3. As the nurse segregates the symptoms per category, which of the following
falls under the positive symptoms? Select a l l that apply:
A. Hallucinations
B. Alogia
C. Avolition
D. Bizarre behavior
E. Delusions
F. Amotivatic n
2. Schizophrenia symptoms are grouped into two broad categories. The nurse
enumerates them as which of the following?
A. Positive and Negative
B. Overt and Covert
C. Simple and Complex
D. Internal and External
Answer
A. Symptoms of schizophrenia fall into two broad categories which are
positive and negative. Positive symptoms are those that are recognizable
while negative symptoms refer to what is missing or taken away.
Question 3
3. As the nurse segregates the symptoms per category, which of the following
falls under the positive symptoms? Select a l l that apply:
A. Hallucinations
B. Alogia
C. Avolition
D. Bizarre behavior
E. Delusions
F. Amotivatic n
Answer
A, D, E are positive symptoms in schizophrenic clients which are recognizable
symptoms.
Question
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4. The client tells the nurse "I am the president of the universe,
I
can do
whatever I want." The nurse recognizes this as which of the following
delusions?
A. Jealousy
B. Paranoid
C. Persecution
D. Grandeur
Answer
D. Delusion of grandeur is a false belief that one is a powerful and important
person.
A, D, E are positive symptoms in schizophrenic clients which are recognizable
symptoms.
Question
4
4. The client tells the nurse "I am the president of the universe,
I
can do
whatever I want." The nurse recognizes this as which of the following
delusions?
A. Jealousy
B. Paranoid
C. Persecution
D. Grandeur
Answer
D. Delusion of grandeur is a false belief that one is a powerful and important
person.
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