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CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
The nursing diagnosis that would be most appropriate for a 22-
year old client who uses ritualistic behavior would be:
A
Ineffective coping
B
Impaired adjustment
C
Personal identity disturbance
D
Sensory/perceptual alterations correct answers >> A
Ineffective coping is the impairment of a person's adaptive
behaviors and problem-solving abilities in meeting life's demands;
ritualistic behavior fits under this category as a defining
characteristic.
A 20-year old college student has been brought to the psychiatric
hospital by her parents. Her admitting diagnosis is borderline
personality disorder. When talking with the parents, which
information would the nurse expect to be included in the client's
history? Select all that apply.
A
Impulsiveness
B
Lability of mood
,C
Ritualistic behavior
D
psychomotor retardation
E
Self-destructive behavior correct answers >> A,B,E
A hospitalized client, diagnosed with a borderline personality
disorder, consistently breaks the unit's rules. This behavior should
be confronted because it will help the client:
A
Control anger
B
Reduce anxiety
C
Set realistic goals
D
Become more self-aware correct answers >> D
Client's must first become aware of their behavior before they can
change it. (3) Occurs after the client is aware of the behavior and
has a desire to change the behavior.
When working with the nurse during the orientation phase of the
relationship, a client with a borderline personality disorder would
probably have the most difficulty in:
A
Controlling anxiety
,B
Terminating the session on time
C
Accepting the psychiatric diagnosis
D
Setting mutual goals for the relationship correct answers >>
D
Clients with borderline personality disorders frequently
demonstrate a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships,
impulsiveness, affective instability, and frantic efforts to avoid
abandonment; these behaviors usually create great difficulty in
establishing mutual goals.
A client with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder has
negative feelings toward the other clients on the unit and
considers them all to be "bad." The nurse understands this
defense is known as:
A
Splitting
B
Ambivalence
C
Passive aggression
D
Reaction formation correct answers >> A
Splitting is the compartmentalization of opposite-affect states and
failure to integrate the positive and negative aspects of self or
others.
, The client with antisocial personality disorder:
A
Suffers from a great deal of anxiety
B
Is generally unable to postpone gratification
C
Rapidly learns by experience and punishment
D
Has a great sense of responsibility toward others correct
answers >> B
Individuals with this disorder tend to be self-centered and
impulsive. They lack judgment and self-control and do not profit
from their mistakes.
A person with antisocial personality disorder has difficulty relating
to others because of never having learned to:
A
Count on others
B
Empathize with others
C
Be dependent on others
D
Communicate with others socially correct answers >> B
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
The nursing diagnosis that would be most appropriate for a 22-
year old client who uses ritualistic behavior would be:
A
Ineffective coping
B
Impaired adjustment
C
Personal identity disturbance
D
Sensory/perceptual alterations correct answers >> A
Ineffective coping is the impairment of a person's adaptive
behaviors and problem-solving abilities in meeting life's demands;
ritualistic behavior fits under this category as a defining
characteristic.
A 20-year old college student has been brought to the psychiatric
hospital by her parents. Her admitting diagnosis is borderline
personality disorder. When talking with the parents, which
information would the nurse expect to be included in the client's
history? Select all that apply.
A
Impulsiveness
B
Lability of mood
,C
Ritualistic behavior
D
psychomotor retardation
E
Self-destructive behavior correct answers >> A,B,E
A hospitalized client, diagnosed with a borderline personality
disorder, consistently breaks the unit's rules. This behavior should
be confronted because it will help the client:
A
Control anger
B
Reduce anxiety
C
Set realistic goals
D
Become more self-aware correct answers >> D
Client's must first become aware of their behavior before they can
change it. (3) Occurs after the client is aware of the behavior and
has a desire to change the behavior.
When working with the nurse during the orientation phase of the
relationship, a client with a borderline personality disorder would
probably have the most difficulty in:
A
Controlling anxiety
,B
Terminating the session on time
C
Accepting the psychiatric diagnosis
D
Setting mutual goals for the relationship correct answers >>
D
Clients with borderline personality disorders frequently
demonstrate a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships,
impulsiveness, affective instability, and frantic efforts to avoid
abandonment; these behaviors usually create great difficulty in
establishing mutual goals.
A client with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder has
negative feelings toward the other clients on the unit and
considers them all to be "bad." The nurse understands this
defense is known as:
A
Splitting
B
Ambivalence
C
Passive aggression
D
Reaction formation correct answers >> A
Splitting is the compartmentalization of opposite-affect states and
failure to integrate the positive and negative aspects of self or
others.
, The client with antisocial personality disorder:
A
Suffers from a great deal of anxiety
B
Is generally unable to postpone gratification
C
Rapidly learns by experience and punishment
D
Has a great sense of responsibility toward others correct
answers >> B
Individuals with this disorder tend to be self-centered and
impulsive. They lack judgment and self-control and do not profit
from their mistakes.
A person with antisocial personality disorder has difficulty relating
to others because of never having learned to:
A
Count on others
B
Empathize with others
C
Be dependent on others
D
Communicate with others socially correct answers >> B
