i-Human Case Study: 16-
Year-Old Male With Hand
Pain | NURS 6531 Walden
University – Advanced
Practice Assessment
, narcissistic personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Mr. A was a 25-year-
old man. Although an exceptionally competent student, he constantly felt
unappreciated. He tended to devote his time in lectures to "giving the teachers and
professors a hard time" by criticizing them, and asking "impossible" questions in
order to prove their incompetence and make them embarrass themselves in public.
He described himself as extraordinarily superior with feelings of disdain and
confusion toward people he experienced as different from himself-people who he felt
had lower standards and different values than he. He also described himself as
intellectually unique, stressing his specific theoretical and philosophical perspectives
and high academic standards.
dependent personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Mrs. T is a 53 year old
woman with three children in their 20s. After 30 years of marriage her husband left
her for another younger woman. Since then she has been unable to do tasks on her
own. She has fears everyday and is incapable of making decisions on petty things
like whether or not to stay in her house. She is consistently nagging her children for
advice and support. Her friends who used to support her are now getting annoyed
with her and are not keeping contact with her. Her friends couldn't figure out why she
was so devastated by her husband leaving her. Her husband was the one making
the important decisions that she just went along with. Her husband would make
decisions such as where to go on vacation all the way down to what she was to wear
on a given day.
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Sandy was
a supervisor and reportedly a real go-getter for a small publishing company. While
there were no complaints about her work or work relationships in their very small
office, she was exhausted. She pushed herself hard to do "everything." and to do all
of it perfectly. The result was that she worked very long hours and began to
experience exhaustion and anxiety. Sandy's husband was very worried about Sandy.
He talked about her rigid adherence to "doing things her way" that resulted in her
doing all the housework, cooking and cleaning. Most revealing, her husband said
that she could not be pleased. And while she was not "mean" about it, everyone
knew they could not live up to her exacting standards at home, which greatly
affected her relationships.
bipolar I disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: You see Jill (age 24) in the
emergency room of a hospital where her parents have brought her for evaluation.
They are worried because she is giving away all of her possessions and says she is
planning to move to Seattle so she can "save the world." Her parents say that she
has hardly been sleeping at all, but she seems very energetic. They say she has
appeared to be "in a frenzy" lately. When you interview Jill you notice that she
Year-Old Male With Hand
Pain | NURS 6531 Walden
University – Advanced
Practice Assessment
, narcissistic personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Mr. A was a 25-year-
old man. Although an exceptionally competent student, he constantly felt
unappreciated. He tended to devote his time in lectures to "giving the teachers and
professors a hard time" by criticizing them, and asking "impossible" questions in
order to prove their incompetence and make them embarrass themselves in public.
He described himself as extraordinarily superior with feelings of disdain and
confusion toward people he experienced as different from himself-people who he felt
had lower standards and different values than he. He also described himself as
intellectually unique, stressing his specific theoretical and philosophical perspectives
and high academic standards.
dependent personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Mrs. T is a 53 year old
woman with three children in their 20s. After 30 years of marriage her husband left
her for another younger woman. Since then she has been unable to do tasks on her
own. She has fears everyday and is incapable of making decisions on petty things
like whether or not to stay in her house. She is consistently nagging her children for
advice and support. Her friends who used to support her are now getting annoyed
with her and are not keeping contact with her. Her friends couldn't figure out why she
was so devastated by her husband leaving her. Her husband was the one making
the important decisions that she just went along with. Her husband would make
decisions such as where to go on vacation all the way down to what she was to wear
on a given day.
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: Sandy was
a supervisor and reportedly a real go-getter for a small publishing company. While
there were no complaints about her work or work relationships in their very small
office, she was exhausted. She pushed herself hard to do "everything." and to do all
of it perfectly. The result was that she worked very long hours and began to
experience exhaustion and anxiety. Sandy's husband was very worried about Sandy.
He talked about her rigid adherence to "doing things her way" that resulted in her
doing all the housework, cooking and cleaning. Most revealing, her husband said
that she could not be pleased. And while she was not "mean" about it, everyone
knew they could not live up to her exacting standards at home, which greatly
affected her relationships.
bipolar I disorder - ANSWERS--CASE STUDY: You see Jill (age 24) in the
emergency room of a hospital where her parents have brought her for evaluation.
They are worried because she is giving away all of her possessions and says she is
planning to move to Seattle so she can "save the world." Her parents say that she
has hardly been sleeping at all, but she seems very energetic. They say she has
appeared to be "in a frenzy" lately. When you interview Jill you notice that she
