A client diagnosed with schizophrenia tells a nurse, "The ‘Shopatouliens’ took my shoes out of my room last night." Which is an appropriate charting entry to describe this client’s statement? Group of answer choices "The client is expressing a neologism." "The client is experiencing command hallucinations." "The client is experiencing a paranoia." "The client is verbalizing a word salad."

The chart entry to describe the client's statement is "The client is expressing a neologism"

Explanation:

Neologism is the act of creating and a using a new word by a person who alone knows the meaning of the new word.  It is sometimes a joining of two existing words or a shortening or misrepresentation of an existing word.  Neologism words are also in the process of common use but not yet accepted into the mainstream language.  An example is webinar, which is the joining of "web" and "seminar".

i believe the correct answer is c