Misc. I
What are the needs of a patient with personality disorder that will most likely be looked at by the health care team?
Psychological Distress
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."
Outcome Identification for Anti-social Personality Disorder should include what realistic outcome?
Behavioral Change
This technique is designed to manage manipulative or deceptive behavior by remaining neutral and matter-of-fact.
Confrontation
What can the nurse expect to see/observe in the client with paranoid personality disorder?
Secretiveness
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
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
This technique involves three steps
Limit Setting
Developing Personality Disorders have been shown to be influenced by this.
Genetics
Entitlement is an expected finding in someone with what?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Grandiose and superior self-concept is an expected characteristic of someone with what type of personality disorder?
Narcissistic
Behaviors that involve frequent suspicious reactions is commonly seen in which personality disorder?
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Taking time out from a stressful situation/s is a nursing action appropriate nursing action for which personality disorder?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
True
The nurse must use what type of skills to minimize client manipulation and to deal with feelings of frustration?
Self-awareness skills
If a patient is not able to make decisions by themself, they may have a diagnosis of what?
Dependent personality disorder
A person who has a temperament trait of high harm avoidance may have a diagnosis of what personality disorder?
Avoidant
What term is referred to when a person thinks of himself/herself as an integral part of the universe?
Self-Transcendence
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
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
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
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
Lithium is an antipsychotic medication to treat what symptoms?
Aggression/Impulsivity
What diagnosis of a personality disorder will you find in a person that has a history of multiple criminal charges?
Antisocial Personality Disorder.
A patient may "act out" if they have a personality disorder of:
Borderline personality Disorder