RN Exam Practice
Psychosocial IntegrityQuestion 998 of 2368

A long-term care resident tells the nurse, "The staff are putting poison in my food." There is no evidence of this. How should the nurse classify this belief?

  1. An illusion
  2. A tactile hallucination
  3. A paranoid delusion
  4. A grandiose delusion
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Correct answer: A paranoid delusion

A fixed false belief of persecution is a paranoid delusion. An illusion is a misperception of a real stimulus.

Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Mental Health Conditions: Psychosis. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Practice the topic "Psychosocial Integrity"

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026