Your coworker is noted to be very organized. However, you see that he is always making lists and citing the rules of the organization. He wants all his projects to be perfect and gets very upset when things happen that make him miss his deadlines
Your coworker is exhibit-ing signs of: 1. avoidant personality disorder.
2. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
3. histrionic personality disorder.
4. dependent personality disorder.
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Patients who have a preoccupation with perfectionism, orderliness, and control have an ob-sessive-compulsive disorder. These patients may be anxious and attempt to maintain the perfectionism. The patient data in this question demonstrate the elements of obses-sive-compulsive disorder.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1262
OBJ: 5 TOP: Personality Disorders
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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