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ENagel

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An important borderline personality disorder characteristic is:
 
  a. overachieving behavior in school or college situations
  b. self-mutilating behavior, especially cutting on self
  c. having close, lifelong friends
  d. quiet or withdrawn isolative life

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A female patient is an adolescent who recently tried to overdose because her boyfriend broke up with her. Her father is a single parent, and he has been drinking excessively to cope with his stress.
 
  The patient tells the nurse that whenever she needs to talk to her father, he is always drunk or away drinking with his drinking buddies. Based on this information, which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for this patient's family?
  A) Ineffective Family Therapeutic Regimen Management
  B) Compromised Family Coping
  C) Ineffective Denial
  D) Caregiver Role Strain


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
An important borderline personality disorder characteristic is self-mutilating behavior, especially cutting on self. These clients are candidates for dialectical behavior therapy, which usually consists of once weekly individual therapy sessions and twice weekly group sessions, along with crisis intervention and other supports.

Answer to Question 2

B


ENagel

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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