Author Question: When caring for a client with a dependent personality disorder, the nurse plans nursing ... (Read 36 times)

Marty · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

When caring for a client with a dependent personality disorder, the nurse plans nursing interventions based on the knowledge that the client:

1. has an inflated sense of self-importance.
2. often engages in self-harm activities.
3. has an unrealistic fear of abandonment.
4. will frequently display attention-seeking behaviors.

Question 2

The nurse is doing group therapy with a group of clients on a mental health unit. The nurse determines that a client with schizotypal personality disorder is displaying an inappropriate affect when the client:

1. sings loudly while the other clients are trying to talk.
2. cries when another client tells a silly joke.
3. sits off to the side and refuses to participate.
4. rocks back and forth in the chair throughout the meeting.

Tonny · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 3

1. This option is seen with narcissistic personalities.
2. This option is seen in borderline personalities.
3. People with this disorder are preoccupied with a fear of being forced to care for themselves, and fear abandonment
4. This option is seen with a histrionic personality.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2

1. This is inappropriate behavior.
2. Inappropriate affect occurs when an emotional response is not culturally appropriate to the situation.
3. This is inappropriate behavior.
4. This is inappropriate behavior.