Multiple Choice
A patient has taken a traditional antipsychotic medication for several years is now demonstrating involuntary tongue movements and lip smacking.What should be the nurse's initial action?
A) Notifying the health care provider
B) Administering PRN doses of an anticholinergic drug
C) Implementing behavioral modification techniques to help the patient manage these motions.
D) Counseling the patient about the social ramifications of these movements by others.
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