Question

During morning rounds, the client diagnosed with schizophrenia tells the nurse, "I know you are conspiring with my spouse to keep me locked away." Which statement by the nurse is the most appropriate?

Answer 1

Answer:

Patients with schizophrenia tend to create a parallel reality in their mind, which they consider to be true and are convinced that others do too.

For this reason, patients with this disease can feel disoriented or even violent if their statements are forcefully denied. It is advisable to continue positioning yourself in that fictitious reality, to gradually bring the patient back to reality.

Then, the nurse should not deny the situation of the confinement, but try to convince the patient that her wife loves him and that she would not harm him in any way, and then place him in the correct physical and temporal space.