A nurse enters a patient room and the patient states ” The previous nurse poisoned my food. What type of psychotic symptom is the patient experiencing

Q & ACategory: Mental Health NursingA nurse enters a patient room and the patient states ” The previous nurse poisoned my food. What type of psychotic symptom is the patient experiencing
quizshell Staff asked 1 year ago

A.  Grandiose delusions

B. Paranoid delusion

C. Hallucination

D. Illusion

 

Answer; B Paranoid delusion

Rationale; A paranoid delusion patient thinks that people are out to harm them, the patient thinks that the previous nurse is out to harm him by poisoning his food. (Option A); In grandiose delusion, the patients think they are superior or among the greatest person example Christ or Buddha. (Option C); In hallucination, the patient has a false, fixed sensory perception. For example, auditory or visual senses that are not real. (Option D); Illusion is a misinterpretation of reality or sensory for instance the patient says “that the food previous nurse served was a stone”.

 

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