A client in the psychiatric hospital is attempting to communicate by stating, "sky, flower, angry, green, opposite, blanket." the nurse recognizes what term as describing this type of communication?

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Sammy Coleman

Biology

4 August, 02:57

A client in the psychiatric hospital is attempting to communicate by stating, "sky, flower, angry, green, opposite, blanket." the nurse recognizes what term as describing this type of communication?

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Regan Johns · Answer 1

The nurse recognizes the term "word salad" as describing this type of communication

Word salad is a combination of seemingly random words or phrases to form incomprehensible statements that is unclear and difficult to understand. Word salad is usually used to describe a symptom of a neurological or mental disorder (such as schizophrenia and dementia) in people. The affected persons do not usually know that they do not make sense when using word salad to communicate.