Introduction to Neuroscience: Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression Describe schizophrenia and the types of symptoms

Have you ever thought about the impact of sleep on your professional and personal life? Sleep has a direct impact on our ability to function and be successful in life.    Think about how stress and sleep disruptions impact health, and as a nurse how you encourage your patients to live a healthy lifestyle.  Contrast and compare two sleep problems: PARASOMIA AND SLEEPWALKING   Discuss the meaning of these two dream concepts: latent content and manifest content.  Define consciousness and provide an overview of biological rhythms and their importance to one’s overall health.

Susan Watts, a 30-year-old female client, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was treated with paliperidone (Invega) 9 mg PO every day and benztropine (Cogentin) 1 mg PO 2× a day. The client arrives at the clinic and is exhibiting the following symptoms. She is repeating what is said to her (echolalia) and is telling you that the sirens are loud and the paramedics are working hard to save the man. She yells over at the paramedics, she sees and tells them they are doing a great job. She has a flat affect and is bouncing her knees up and down as she sits staring at the wall where she is seeing and hearing the hallucination. Her husband is with her and stated he is worried about his wife because she has not bathed, washed, or combed her hair for 2 days now. She has not gone to work for the past week. He stated that she keeps failing to take her medications even with reminding. The client’s husband asks the LPN/LVN if there is any way the drug therapy could be managed differently so his…

Intro to Neuroscience College Level: Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Depression  Describe brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia