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100

What are the needs of a patient with personality disorder that will most likely be looked at by the health care team?

Psychological Distress

100

What should the nurse say to the client, with BPD, who states:  "You're better than my family and the doctors.  You understand me more than anyone else."

"I'm interested in helping you get better just as the other staff members are."

100

Outcome Identification for Anti-social Personality Disorder should include what realistic outcome? 

Behavioral Change

100

This technique is designed to manage manipulative or deceptive behavior by remaining neutral and matter-of-fact.

Confrontation

100

What can the nurse expect to see/observe in the client with paranoid personality disorder?  

Secretiveness

200

Who should the nurse talk to when she/he feels frustrated with a patient's noncompliance with the treatment plan?

Colleague or supervisor in a private setting

200

The nurse has educated a patient with paranoid personality disorder to validate ideas before taking action.  This is based on what?

Helps them to base their decisions and actions on reality

200

This technique involves three steps

Limit Setting

200

Developing Personality Disorders have been shown to be influenced by this.

Genetics

200

Entitlement is an expected finding in someone with what?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

300

Grandiose and superior self-concept is an expected characteristic of someone with what type of personality disorder?

Narcissistic

300

Behaviors that involve frequent suspicious reactions is commonly seen in which personality disorder?

Paranoid Personality Disorder

300

Taking time out from a stressful situation/s is a nursing action appropriate nursing action for which personality disorder?

Antisocial Personality Disorder

300
True or false:  Anger, loss and sadness in older adults is often UNEXPRESSED

True

300

The nurse must use what type of skills to minimize client manipulation and to deal with feelings of frustration?

Self-awareness skills

400

If a patient is not able to make decisions by themself, they may have a diagnosis of what?

Dependent personality disorder

400

A person who has a temperament trait of high harm avoidance may have a diagnosis of what personality disorder?

Avoidant

400

What term is referred to when a person thinks of himself/herself as an integral part of the universe?

Self-Transcendence

400

People with this disorder are often preoccupied with orderliness, perfection, and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.

Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder

400

People with this disorder often appear glib and charming, but they are suspicious, insensitive, and uncaring and often exploit others for their own gain

Antisocial Personality Disorder

500

People with this disorder is often characterized by often appear glib and charming, but they are suspicious, insensitive, and uncaring and often exploit others for their own gain

Schizotypal personality disorder

500

People with this temperament often exhibit fear of uncertainty, social inhibition, shyness with strangers, rapid fatigability, and pessimistic worry in anticipation of problems.

High harm Avoidance

500

Lithium is an antipsychotic medication to treat what symptoms?

Aggression/Impulsivity

500

What diagnosis of a personality disorder will you find in a person that has a history of multiple criminal charges?

Antisocial Personality Disorder. 

500

A patient may "act out" if they have a personality disorder of:

Borderline personality Disorder

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