Chapter 21: Social Responses and Personality Disorders

Principles And Practice of Psychiatric Nursing,10th Edition by Gail Wiscarz Stuart

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Chapter 21: Social Responses and Personality Disorders

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. A patient tells a nurse about being in a relationship with a significant other for more than 1 year and states, “the person is available when I need support, but neither of us tries to control the other.” The nurse can correctly assess this relationship as:
a. narcissistic.
b. enmeshed.
c. disconnected.
d. interdependent.

 

 

ANS:  D

Interdependent relationships allow reliance on others as well as independence. Each lets the other be dependent or independent without needing to control the person’s behavior.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Text Page: 382

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

 

  1. Which statement best describes persons with personality disorders?
a. The patient’s coping skills are severely impaired by cognitive impairment.
b. The patient’s maladaptive behaviors involve only a single aspect of personality.
c. The patient has enduring ways of relating that often provoke negative reactions.
d. The patient has considerable resilience when faced with stressful life situations.

 

 

ANS:  C

The three features of personality disorders are (1) the individual has acquired few strategies for relating, and his or her approaches are inflexible and maladaptive; (2) the individual’s needs, perceptions, and behavior tend to foster vicious circles that continue unhelpful patterns and provoke negative reactions from others; and (3) the individual’s adaptation is characterized by tenuous stability, fragility, and lack of resilience when faced with stress. The patient’s treatment plan is directed toward improvement of patient condition, but it does not guarantee improvement or cure.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Text Page: 385

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

 

  1. Which comment about relationships would be most characteristic of a patient with antisocial personality disorder?
a. “The only reason for interacting is to take advantage of others.”
b. “‘Live and let live’ is as good a philosophy as any to live by.”
c. “I’ve always found that ‘help one another’ is a good policy.”
d. “I’ll be your doormat. Feel free to take advantage of me.”

 

 

ANS:  A

Antisocial individuals are exploitative and manipulative. They prefer to control others to avoid being controlled. The attitudes of “live and let live” and “help one another” are not reflective of an individual with antisocial personality disorder since they are incapable of empathy or sympathy. Being a “doormat” reflects a poor sense of self-esteem and personal worth.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   Text Page: 386

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

 

  1. A nursing diagnosis appropriate to consider for a patient with antisocial personality disorder is:
a. risk for self-directed injury.
b. impaired social interaction.
c. disturbed personal identity.
d. disturbed sensory perception.

 

 

ANS:  B

Impaired social interaction describes a state in which the person participates in insufficient, excessive, or ineffective social exchange. The remaining options are not typically exhibited by a patient with antisocial personality disorder.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   Text Page: 386

TOP:   Nursing Process: Diagnosis|Nursing Process: Analysis

MSC:  NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity

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