During a community visit, volunteer nurses teach stress management to the
participants. The nurses will most likely advocate which belief as a method of coping
with stressful life events?
A. Avoidance of stress is an important goal for living.
B. Control over one's response to stress is possible.
C. Most people have no control over their level of stress.
D. Significant others are important to provide care and concern.
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, B. Control over one's response to stress is possible.
Your next patient comes into your office wearing a very nice shirt. You compliment
him on it and he doesn't seem to care. In the interview you discover that he has very
few relationships outside of his family. Which disorder is most likely?
a. Schizoid Personality Disorder
b. Histrionic Personality Disorder
c. Paranoid Personality Disorder
d. Avoidant Personality Disorder
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a. Schizoid Personality Disorder
Your next patient is brought into your office in the custody of police officers. It seems
he recently burned down a building and is being forced to undergo psychological
evaluation. While interviewing the patient you find he has a history of cruelty to
animals as well as lying and stealing. Which personality disorder comes to mind?
a. Histrionic Personality Disorder
b. Antisocial Personality Disorder
c. Dependent Personality Disorder
d. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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b. Antisocial Personality Disorder
,The nurse is managing a group of clients diagnosed with somatic symptom disorders.
Which client behavior best demonstrates the nurse's ability to manage manipulative
behaviors therapeutically?
a. Clients direct all requests to a designated nurse.
b. Clients are involved in their personal discharge planning.
c. All clients attend assertiveness training daily.
d. Each client is aware of the role stress plays in his or her behaviors.
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a. Clients direct all requests to a designated nurse.
While all the options demonstrate behaviors that are appropriate, the
implementation of the designated nurse reduces manipulation by the
clients. The client is unable to make similar requests to multiple staff
members thus increasing the chances of confusion and inconsistent care
Which behavior is most characteristic of a client diagnosed with antisocial personality
disorder?
a. Insisting that it is necessary to eat only green foods on Thursdays.
b. Justifying taking another client's dessert by stating, "I deserve two desserts."
c. Repeatedly accusing the staff of favoring another client.
d. Throwing a book when asked to turn down the volume on the television.
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b. Justifying taking another client's dessert by stating, "I deserve two
desserts."
Entitlement is a characteristic demonstrated by clients diagnosed with
antisocial personality disorder. Poor impulse control is a hallmark of
borderline personality disorder. Schizotypal personality disorder is
, associated with eccentric behavior while intense jealousy is characteristic
of paranoid personality disorder.
Which response is characteristic of the implementation of an immature defense
mechanism?
a. Giving an expense gift to someone who you took advantage of.
b. Drinking alcohol to get the courage to ask for a salary increase.
c. "I'm not a bully; it's just that people are envious of how rich I am."
d. "I only steal from stores that overcharge for the products in the first place."
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d. "I only steal from stores that overcharge for the products in the first
place."
Projection, example of an immature defense mechanism, is characterized
by attributing the blame for unacceptable behavior someone or something
else. Such behavior generally abandoned by adulthood is maladaptive
when demonstrated by adults. The remaining options are examples of
intermediate defenses that include rationalization, undoing, and
compensation
After a power outage, a facility must serve a dinner of sandwiches and fruit to
patients. Which comment is most likely from a patient diagnosed with a narcissistic
personality disorder?
a. "These sandwiches are probably contaminated with bacteria."
b "I suppose it's the best we can hope for under these circumstances."
c. "You should have ordered a to-go meal from a local restaurant for me."
d. "I would rather wait to eat until the dietary department can prepare a meal."
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participants. The nurses will most likely advocate which belief as a method of coping
with stressful life events?
A. Avoidance of stress is an important goal for living.
B. Control over one's response to stress is possible.
C. Most people have no control over their level of stress.
D. Significant others are important to provide care and concern.
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, B. Control over one's response to stress is possible.
Your next patient comes into your office wearing a very nice shirt. You compliment
him on it and he doesn't seem to care. In the interview you discover that he has very
few relationships outside of his family. Which disorder is most likely?
a. Schizoid Personality Disorder
b. Histrionic Personality Disorder
c. Paranoid Personality Disorder
d. Avoidant Personality Disorder
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a. Schizoid Personality Disorder
Your next patient is brought into your office in the custody of police officers. It seems
he recently burned down a building and is being forced to undergo psychological
evaluation. While interviewing the patient you find he has a history of cruelty to
animals as well as lying and stealing. Which personality disorder comes to mind?
a. Histrionic Personality Disorder
b. Antisocial Personality Disorder
c. Dependent Personality Disorder
d. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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b. Antisocial Personality Disorder
,The nurse is managing a group of clients diagnosed with somatic symptom disorders.
Which client behavior best demonstrates the nurse's ability to manage manipulative
behaviors therapeutically?
a. Clients direct all requests to a designated nurse.
b. Clients are involved in their personal discharge planning.
c. All clients attend assertiveness training daily.
d. Each client is aware of the role stress plays in his or her behaviors.
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a. Clients direct all requests to a designated nurse.
While all the options demonstrate behaviors that are appropriate, the
implementation of the designated nurse reduces manipulation by the
clients. The client is unable to make similar requests to multiple staff
members thus increasing the chances of confusion and inconsistent care
Which behavior is most characteristic of a client diagnosed with antisocial personality
disorder?
a. Insisting that it is necessary to eat only green foods on Thursdays.
b. Justifying taking another client's dessert by stating, "I deserve two desserts."
c. Repeatedly accusing the staff of favoring another client.
d. Throwing a book when asked to turn down the volume on the television.
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b. Justifying taking another client's dessert by stating, "I deserve two
desserts."
Entitlement is a characteristic demonstrated by clients diagnosed with
antisocial personality disorder. Poor impulse control is a hallmark of
borderline personality disorder. Schizotypal personality disorder is
, associated with eccentric behavior while intense jealousy is characteristic
of paranoid personality disorder.
Which response is characteristic of the implementation of an immature defense
mechanism?
a. Giving an expense gift to someone who you took advantage of.
b. Drinking alcohol to get the courage to ask for a salary increase.
c. "I'm not a bully; it's just that people are envious of how rich I am."
d. "I only steal from stores that overcharge for the products in the first place."
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d. "I only steal from stores that overcharge for the products in the first
place."
Projection, example of an immature defense mechanism, is characterized
by attributing the blame for unacceptable behavior someone or something
else. Such behavior generally abandoned by adulthood is maladaptive
when demonstrated by adults. The remaining options are examples of
intermediate defenses that include rationalization, undoing, and
compensation
After a power outage, a facility must serve a dinner of sandwiches and fruit to
patients. Which comment is most likely from a patient diagnosed with a narcissistic
personality disorder?
a. "These sandwiches are probably contaminated with bacteria."
b "I suppose it's the best we can hope for under these circumstances."
c. "You should have ordered a to-go meal from a local restaurant for me."
d. "I would rather wait to eat until the dietary department can prepare a meal."
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