Question

which inital action would the nurse take when a client diagnosed with schixophrenia talks about being controlled by others

Answer 1

Answer: React to the feeling tone of the client's delusion.

Explanation: Reacting to the feeling tone of the client's delusion helps the client explore underlying feelings and allows the client to see the message that his verbalizations are communicating. Expressing disbelief about the client's delusion denies the client's feelings rather than accepting and working with them. Attempting to divert the client rather than accepting and working with him denies the client's feelings. Responding to the verbal content of the client's delusion focuses on the delusion itself rather than on the feeling that is causing the delusion.