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fnuegbu · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The psychiatric nurse is discussing indicators of conduct disorders in children with a group of student nurses. The nurse will be sure to discuss which behavior that children with conduct disorders find challenging?

1. Seeking out peers
2. Eating a balanced diet
3. Following rules and norms of behavior
4. Interpreting internal stimuli or external cues

Question 2

A nurse is meeting with a patient with borderline personality disorder who is being admitted to a partial hospitalization program (PHP). The patient asks what she should do to make sure that people in the program will like her.

What is an appropriate response the nurse might make?
1. People will like you if you follow all the rules and come every day.
2. The program usually works best if you can focus on what you need, not on how others feel. Can you tell me some things you would like to see happen here?
3. People sometimes avoid people who are depressed. Getting your symptoms under control and learning how to make friends is the best way to get people to like you.
4. Getting people to like you is not an appropriate goal. You need to work on understanding how to set goals and then on what you have to do in order to accomplish them.

DHRUVSHAH · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 3
Explanation: The central feature of a conduct disorder is repetitive and persistent behavior that violates the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules. Behaviors that show aggression toward people and animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, or serious violations of parental or school rules are indicators of a possible conduct disorder. The inability to eat a balanced diet is not an indicator of an emotionally disturbed child. Children with a conduct disorder tend to find peers with similar issues. Difficulty interpreting internal stimuli or external cues is not related to conduct disorders.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: In community mental health, the nurse is not there to do things for the person, but rather to find out what the individual would like to accomplish and establish a collaborative plan. The overall goal of the PHP is to promote patients to make decisions about their own treatment and rehabilitation plans. Telling the patient what to do or how to act does not engage them in their treatment plan. Criticism is not a therapeutic form of communication.