A 37-year old male with a history of schizopherenia is having auditory hallucinations. The physician orders 200 mg of haloperidol , brand or trade name ( Haldol) orally or I.M. Q4hrs. PRN. What is the nurse BEST action. This question is for all the Psychiatric Nurse Geniuses, who loves Psychiatric Nursing!!!!!

That is funny dmazment, but that kind of therapy will be benefical for the nurse, not the patient.

Look at the amount of the medication, before you decide which route to use, remember the order states you can administer either I.M or Orally. Try again!!!!

Char, you answer it partially, what should you do first, remember he is hearing things, and is displaying it severly, he needs to be medicated.

You got it!!!!!

I wanted to comment in the sceniro that is base on a true event. My boyfriend lived next door to a male that had schizopherenia with auditory hallucinations, the male also, spoke in a different voice, so in his mind, he though the other person was physically present. To make a long story short, the man, thought the other person was going to hurt him, so he started getting very scared, and worked his self into a frenzy, my boyfriend heard two voices coming from his house, the man was saying please help me, please help, me, it sounded like someone was beating up the man, all of a sudden, everything became quiet. My boyfriend, ran upstairs, where the man was, and found him dead, he had worked himself into a fatal heart attack. So in cases where the patient, is severely paranoid, or is hearing voice, and acting it out severely, they need immediate medical attention, it is very vital to there own life.

cuttie said:

That is funny dmazment, but that kind of therapy will be benefical for the nurse, not the patient.

Typical in the ED...IM injection to the thigh...through the pants.