Nursing Exam Prep [NCLEX-RN] 93, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: • How to differentiate positive symptoms, like hallucinations and delusions, from negative symptoms, like avolition and flat affect. • Why your immediate nursing priority for a patient with command hallucinations is always a safety assessment. • The critical side effects of antipsychotics, including Extrapyramidal Symptoms (EPS) and Metabolic Syndrome. • How to use the mnemonic 'ADAPT' and recognize acute dystonia as a medical emergency requiring immediate intervention. • The correct therapeutic communication technique for delusions, which is to address the underlying feeling without validating the false belief. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep