[Answered]: Marge, a 24-year-old college student, is brought…

Marge, a 24-year-old college student, is brought to the hospital by her boyfriend with whom she has been living for the past six moths. He reports that Marge’s behavior has become very strange over the past week. She has become more and more withdrawn to the point that yesterday she sat on a chair in her room with her eyes closed, not moving for six hours, until he carried her to bed. He says that at first he thought she was just depressed about the recent death of a friend, but now he thinks she’s “flipped out”. Marge is admitted with a diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. 16. During the physical assessment, Marge’s arm remains outstretched after her pulse and blood pressure are taken, and the nurse must reposition it for her. The patient is manifesting: A. suggestibility. B. negativity. C. waxy flexibility. D. retardation