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A person requires someone to accompany her to the grocery store, where she spends several minutes deciding which item to purchase, changing her mind several times. This behavior is consistent with which diagnosis?
 
  a. avoidant personality disorder
  b. dependent personality disorder
  c. schizotypal personality disorder
  d. narcissistic personality disorder

Question 2

You are speaking with an Asian client. During an interaction with this client, you would do which of the following as a culturally competent nurse?
 
  a. Immediately reply to the client's remarks.
  b. Carry most of the conversation to decrease the client's anxiety.
  c. Wait in silence a few moments before answering.
  d. Talk through any silences to maintain a connection.



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Answer to Question 1

B
This behavior is consistent with dependent personality disorder. Individuals with dependent personality disorder have a need to be taken care of by others. They often cannot make decisions and have great difficulty disagreeing with others.

Answer to Question 2

C
The proper course of action is to wait a few moments in silence before answering, because this is considered most appropriate in many Asian cultures. Different cultures have different protocols regarding responding to one another during conversation. Hispanic people tend to respond before the original speaker has finished talking. European Americans tend to respond immediately after the person stops talking. Asian people tend to respond only after waiting a few seconds in silence after the person has finished talking. In all of these cultures, responding too early or too late (based on their norms) could be considered undesirable.



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