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A nurse in an acute care facility is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. The client states, 'Walk tall broom short dog bell.' The nurse should document the client's speech as which of the following speech patterns?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is B: Word salad. This speech pattern is characterized by jumbled and incoherent words that lack logical connections. In this case, the client's speech is disorganized and lacks coherence, resembling a mix of random words ("walk," "tall," "broom," "short," "dog," "bell"). This is a hallmark feature of word salad in schizophrenia.

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because flight of ideas involves rapid, continuous, and fragmented speech; neologisms are newly created words; and clang associations involve words that are linked by sound rather than meaning.

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