7. RG, a 35-year-old secretary in one of the law firm of his hometown, has a recent history of schizophrenia for about 2 weeks now, comes to one of the private clinic near his place of work, accompanied by his wife SK, complaining of tremors, shuffling gait and occasional increased in salivation especially when he missed to take his prescribed dose of benztropine together with his daily drug regimen of fluphenazine taken with a meal. His blood pressure is 90/60. His psychiatrist recently prescribed him with haloperidol decanoate given IM every month. What do you think the nurse might suspect about the cause of RG’s presenting signs and symptoms? What pertinent information would the nurse need to include in his health teaching session with AT and his wife SK regarding his present drug regimen (benztropine, fluphenazine and haloperidol decanoate)?

7. RG, a 35-year-old secretary in one of the law firm of his hometown, has a recent history of schizophrenia for about 2 weeks now, comes to one of the private clinic near his place of work, accompanied by his wife SK, complaining of tremors, shuffling gait and occasional increased in salivation especially when he missed to take his prescribed dose of benztropine together with his daily drug regimen of fluphenazine taken with a meal. His blood pressure is 90/60. His psychiatrist recently prescribed him with haloperidol decanoate given IM every month. What do you think the nurse might suspect about the cause of RG’s presenting signs and symptoms? What pertinent information would the nurse need to include in his health teaching session with AT and his wife SK regarding his present drug regimen (benztropine, fluphenazine and haloperidol decanoate)?

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