Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 95%
Simulated
A nurse in an acute mental health unit is admitting a client diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The nurse recognizes which of the following findings supports the admitting diagnosis of acute mania?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
The correct answer is A because responding to questions with disorganized speech is a common symptom of acute mania in bipolar disorder. This symptom is indicative of the manic phase, where individuals often exhibit pressured speech, flight of ideas, and tangential thinking. Choice B, loss of interest in sexual relations, is more associated with depression than mania. Choice C, hearing voices instructing to write a novel, is more suggestive of psychosis rather than mania. Choice D, weight gain, is not a specific symptom of acute mania.