ATI LPN Comprehensive Predictor 2023 Proctored Exam 3
A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is taking an antipsychotic medication. Which of the following screening tools should the nurse use to identify tardive dyskinesia?
Explanation & Rationale
A. Incorrect. The Patient Health questionnaire is used to assess depression severity. B. Incorrect. The Mental Status Examination assesses cognitive function and psychiatric symptoms. C. Incorrect. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale assesses psychiatric symptoms but not specifically tardive dyskinesia. D. Correct. The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS. is specifically designed to screen for and assess the severity of tardive dyskinesia, which is a movement disorder associated with antipsychotic medications.
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