A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has taken a conventional antipsychotic medication for a year. Hallucinations are less intrusive, but the patient continues to have apathy, poverty of thought, and social isolation. The nurse would expect a change to which medication?

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has taken a conventional antipsychotic medication for a year. Hallucinations are less intrusive, but the patient continues to have apathy, poverty of thought, and social isolation. The nurse would expect a change to which medication?



a. Haloperidol (Haldol)
c. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
b. Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
d. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)



Answer: B


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