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How much of the population does schizophrenia affect

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More than 1%

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Schizophrenia is a _______ brain disorder

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Chronic

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What can symptoms of schizophrenia include

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Delusions, hallucinations, trouble with thinking and concentration, and lack of motivation

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Onset of schizophrenia?

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Early 20s. Men a little younger, women a little later

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What are the subtypes of schizophrenia?

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Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, residual

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What does the Diathesis-Stress Model of Mental Illness mean?

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That a person is born with a certain predisposition and then a stressor comes alone and triggers it once the stage is set.
Diathesis: sets the stage; what you’re born with
Stress: something happens to trigger it

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first degree biologic relatives of an individual with schizophrenia have a ____ times greater risk for schizophrenia than the general population

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10

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The neuro-anatomic findings with a schizophrenic are similar to those of what type of patient?

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Dementia

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What is the monoamine hypothesis of mental illness

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Changes in the levels of monoamine neurotransmitters (5-HT, NE, EPI, DA) cause mental illness

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There is too much ________ with schizophrenia

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Dopamine

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What are positive symptoms

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Things added

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What is a hallucination

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Actually feeling SENSATION without physical stimulation. It can involve and of the five senses

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What types are hallucinations usually

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Visual or auditory

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What are delusions

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Fixed false beliefs that you cannot change

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What are negative symptoms

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Things taken away

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What are examples of negative symptoms?

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Affective flattening or blunting, ambivalence, alogia, avolition, anhedonia

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What is the neurocognitive impairment diagnostic criteria

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Memory short and long term, vigilance or sustained attention, verbal fluency, executive functioning, disorganized behavior, disorganized thinking

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What are internal senses

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Biochemical and emotional

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What are external senses

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Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

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What does treatment focus on in the acute illness period

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Alleviation of symptoms

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What are things that go on during the acute illness period

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Behaviors may be both confusing and frightening, less able to care for basic needs, functioning at school and work deteriorates, dependence on family and friends increases

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What stage is the treatment intense

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Stabilization period

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What goes on during the stabilization period

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Symptoms become less acute but may be present, treatment is intense, medication regimen is established, being to adjust, socialization begins to increase and rehabilitation begins ideally

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Ideally when does socialization begin to increase and rehabilitation begin

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Stabilization period

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What is typically the trigger to a relapse

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Noncompliance with medication regimen

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What does the maintenance and recovery period focus on

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Focuses on regaining the previous level of functioning and quality of life by using medication management and family support and involvement

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What are symptoms related to problems in information processing often called

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Cognitive deficits

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What type of commands to schizophrenic patients often have difficulty with?

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Multiple step commands because they use concrete instead of abstract thinking

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What type of thinking do schizophrenic patients use? Especially in acute episodes

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Concrete rather than abstract thinking

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For a schizophrenic patient to make the appropriate decision what does the nurse need to do?

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Provide information as clearly and concretely as possible with simple language in short , easily understood phrases

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What are some thought content descriptors

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Thought broadcasting, thought insertion, ideas of reference, and magical thinking

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What is alogia

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Reduced fluency and productivity of thought and speech

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What is avolition

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Withdraw and inability to initiate and persist goal-directed activity

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What is anhedonia

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Inability to experience pleasure

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What is a grandiose delusion

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The belief that one has exceptional powers, wealth, skill, influence, or destiny

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What is a nihilistic delusion

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The belief that one is dead or a calamity is impending

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What is a persecutory delusion

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The belief that one is being watched, ridiculed, harmed, or plotted against

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What is a somatic delusion

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Beliefs about abnormalities in bodily functions or structures

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What are the different types of delusions

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Grandiose, nihilistic, persucatory, somatic

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Are auditory or visual hallucinations more common?

40
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What prevents a person with schizophrenia from enjoying activities

41
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Extremely detailed and lengthy discourse about a topic

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Circumstantial

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The topic of conversation changes repeatedly and rapidly, generally after just one sentence or phrase

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Flight of ideas

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Absence of the normal connectedness of thoughts, ideas, and topics; sudden shifts without apparent relationship to preceding topics

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Loose associations

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The topic of conversation is changed to an entirely different topic that is a logical progression but causes a permanent detour from the original focus

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Tangentiality

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String of words that are not connected in any way

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Word salad

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What are the first symptoms of psychosis

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Abnormal perception: inaccurate identification and interpretation of stimulus

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Is there a identifiable external or internal stimulus with hallucinations?

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What can cause auditory hallucinations

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Excessive noise or sensory deprivation

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What are some environmental factors that can stimulate visual hallucinations

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Reflective objects like tv screens, photos frames, fluorescent lights

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What is affect? What are ways to describe?

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Expressed emotions; describe as broad, restricted, blunted, flat, or inappropriate

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What are some maladaptive movements with schizophrenia

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Catatonia, abnormal eye movements, grimacing, apraxia/echopraxia, abnormal gait, mannerisms, extrapyramidal side effects of psychotic medications

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what are some behaviors that cause socialization problems?

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Inability to communicate coherently, loss of drive and interest, deterioration of social skills, poor personal hygiene, paranoia, stigma

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What is neurocognitive impairment often seen as?

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Disorganized symptoms

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What are disorganized symptoms?

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Confused speech and thinking patterns, disorganized behavior

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What is echolalia

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Repetition of words

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What are examples of disorganized thinking

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echolalia, circumstantial, loose associations, tangential, flight of ideas, word salad, clang association, pressured speech

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What are examples of disorganized behavior

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Aggression, agitation, catatonic excitement, echopraxia, stereotypy, hypervigilance, waxy flexibility

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What is waxy flexibility

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Posture held in odd or unusual way

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What is hypervigilance

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Sustained attention to external stimuli

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What is echopraxia

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Imitation of others movements

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First priority is always _______

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Why do these people have a high risk lifestyle

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Sedentary, smoking, or dietary habits; obesity resulting in diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease

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What do antipsychotics do

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Block dopamine transmission in the brain

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Are first generation or second generation antipsychotics more efficacious and safer?

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Second generation antipsychotic drugs appear to be more efficacious and safer than conventional antipsychotics

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How long does it take antipsychotic drugs to effect a change in symptoms

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1-2 weeks. The delay in outcome is why people stay in hospital to see if they are working

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Why would a antipsychotic be used in a emergency situation for a patient who was acting out?

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Sedating effect. This is a chemical restraint and must be documented

67
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What are some extrapyramidal side effects

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Parkinsonism, akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, orthostatic hypotension, hyperprolactactinemia, weight gain, sedation, new onset diabetes, cardiac arrhythmias, agranulocytosis

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Is tardive dyskinesia a early or late appearing extrapyramidal side effect for antipsychotic meds?

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What does tardive dyskinesia involve

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Irregular, repetitive involuntary movements of the mouth, face, and tongue, including chewing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, Puckering of the lips, and rapid eye blinking

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Is tardive dyskinesia reversible?

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No it is irreversible

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What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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A life threatening condition that can develop in reaction to antipsychotic meds. Patients develop severe muscle rigidity and an elevating temperature

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What are recognizing symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Elevated temperature, changes in level of consciousness, leukocytosis, elevated creatinine phosphokinase, elevated liver enzymes or myoglobinuria

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Nursing interventions with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Stop administration of offending medications, monitor vital signs, reduce body temperature, and safety to protect muscles

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What are supportive measures with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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IV fluids, cardiac monitoring, and Dantrolene (dopamine agonist) to make body know there is still some dopamine

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What are symptoms of anticholinergic crisis

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Elevated temperature, dry mouth, decreased salivation, decreased bronchial, nasal secretion, widely dilated eye (hot as a hare, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, dry as a bone, red as a bee); confusion, hallucinations

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What is anticholinergic crisis

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Potentially life threatening, anticholinergic delirium, can occur with patients who are taking several medications with anticholinergic effects

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Does anticholinergic crisis go away?

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Yes it is self limiting; 3 days

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Treatment for anticholinergic crisis

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Discontinuation of medication; Physostigmine 1-2 mg IV, an inhibitor of cholinesterase, improves in 24-36 hours; gastric lavage; charcoal, catharsis

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What should you teach patients about delusions and hallucinations

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That they are symptoms of illness and part of the disorder

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What does inpatient care focus on

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Stabilization

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What does emergency care focus on

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What does community care focus on?

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This is where most of the care happens

83
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Absorption of antipsychotic meds

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Variable 30-60 minutes

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Where is metabolism of antipsychotic drugs?

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Liver—look at liver function test!

85
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Is excretion of antipsychotic drugs fast or slow?

86
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What blood level does a patient with schizophrenia who is taking clozapine need to monitor weekly

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WBC because agranulocytosis can develop with the use of all antipsychotic drugs but most likely to develop with clozapine use

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A patient who has been taking clozapine for 6 weeks visits the clinic complaining of fever, sore throat, and mouth sores. What would the nurse suspect?

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Agranulocytosis

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What are the 1st gen/typical antipsychotics

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Chlorpromazine
Thioxanthenes
Haloperidol

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What are the 2nd gen/atypical antipsychotics

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Clozapine
Olanzapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Aripiprazole
Quetiapine

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