A newly admitted client is diagnosed with bipolar disorder: manic episode.Which symptom related to altered thought is the nurse most likely to assess?
A) Pacing
B) Flight of ideas
C) Lability of mood
D) Irritability

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Clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder: manic episode experience cognition and perception fragmentation often with psychosis during acute mania.Rapid thinking proceeds to racing and disjointed thinking (flight of ideas)and may be manifested by a continuous flow of accelerated,pressured speak with abrupt changes from topic to topic.

A Newly Admitted Client Is Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder: Manic