Looking at a slightly bleeding paper cut, the client screams, "Somebody help me, quick! I'm bleeding. Call 911!" A nurse should identify this behavior as characteristic of which personality disorder?
A. Schizoid personality disorder
B. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
C. Histrionic personality disorder
D. Paranoid personality disorder
ANS: C
The nurse should identify this behavior as characteristic of histrionic personality disorder. Individuals diagnosed with this disorder tend to be self-dramatizing, attention seeking, over-gregarious, and seductive.
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What is included in intrapersonal communication?
1. Exchange of information 2. Two or more people 3. Rapport 4. Knowledge
An older patient is being prepared for orthopedic surgery. For what potential risk should the nurse plan care?
1. decreased tolerance of general anesthesia 2. prolonged effects of anesthesia because of herbal supplements 3. wound dehiscence 4. decreased cognitive acuity
According to standard professional thinking, nurses should auscultate the FHR:
1. every 15 minutes in the active phase of the first stage in the absence of risk fac-tors. 2. every 20 minutes in the second stage whether or not risk factors are present. 3. before and after ambulation and rupture of membranes. 4. more often in a woman's first pregnancy.