Personality Disorders
Patients with this personality disorder will have problems with the legal system, irresponsibility to their financial responsibilities, inability to maintain a job, inability to maintain familial relationships, refusal to accept responsibility, lack of compassion towards others, and will often suffer from substance abuse.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
True or false: nurses should limit a dementia patient's choices for daily activities
True:
Limiting the client's choices is appropriate for a client who has dementia as this intervention decreases the client's level of anxiety.
When a patient is addicted to opioids, the drugs of choice for pain include these
What are non-opioid analgesics?
Bonus: name a few
Double bonus: what drug do we give to reduce opioid cravings for addicts?
A person with this autism will most likely be diagnosed at this stage in their life
What is during their toddler years?
This disorder is demonstrated through involuntary loss of sensory function which may return after the stress is maintained
What is conversion disorder?
What should the MSE include for a dementia patient?
Ability to perform calculations (cognition)
Recall ability (Memory)
Long-term memory (Memory)
Behavior
Level of orientation (Level of consciousness)
Physical appearance
A patient with this personality disorder will have false beliefs about irrational fears, will believe that others are always lying to them, will hold onto grudges for no reason, and will find demeaning meanings in benign remarks.
What is paranoid personality disorder?
When treating an older adult with delirium tremensin the ER this should be a priority intervention.
What is raising the side rails to prevent falls.
If a patient drinks alcohol while taking this drug they may experience severe nausea
What is disulfiram (Antabuse)?
Medications for this disorder should be given in the morning to prevent insomnia
What are medications for ADHD?
True or false: patients with eating disorders are likely to develop comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, and OCD
True: especially with anorexia nervosa
The nurse's plan of care for this personality disorder should include giving praise when the client demonstrates assertive behavior or independence
What is dependent personality disorder?
This is a good intervention for a dementia patient with urinary incontinence
What is creating a bathroom schedule to help the patient use the restroom frequently.
Giving Narcan to a patient who has overdosed on Heroin has the main goal of this
What is reversing the respiratory effects (slowed breathing)?
Children with this disorder will consistently test limits
What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Illusions, seizures, tremors, headaches, hallucinations, agitation, anxiety, and diaphoresis are all signs of withdrawing from this substance
What is Alcohol?
The goal of care for this personality disorder is to promote appropriate behavior
What is histrionic behavior disorder?
This is defined as a patient making up events to fill the gaps of their memory
What is confabulation?
"We admit we are powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable" is the first step of this program
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
Making a contract with an adolescent patient to correct inappropriate behavior is a good intervention for patients with this type of disorder
What is conduct disorder?
A behavior contract is appropriate to identify the expected behavior and consequences. The client, by signing the contract, assumes responsibility for her behavior.
Providing frequent small meals, monitoring daily weights, staying with the client during meals, and encouraging weight gain should be part of the care plan for patients with this disorder
What is anorexia nervosa?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which is designed to transform negative thinking patterns and destructive behaviors through direct confrontation of negative behaviors and attitudes, and effective limit setting, is good for this personality disorder
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
A nurse could describe primary dementia to a family in this manner
What is "Forgetfulness that gradually progresses to disorientation"
Dilated pupils, tremors, fever, tachycardia, and agitation are all symptoms of overdosing on this stimulant
What is cocaine?
This fundamental sign of autism is manifested by repeating words or phrases that are spoken to them
What is echolalia?
These are signs 3 of bulimia nervosa
What are dental caries, binge eating and purging, laxative use, excessive exercise, and frequent PVCs due to low potassium.