The nurse is admitting a client with histrionic personality disorder to the inpatient unit. The nurse would anticipate that this client may exhibit which behavior?
A) Manipulation
B) Distrust
C) Perfection
D) Self-dramatization
Ans: D
The client with histrionic personality disorder uses self-dramatization and emotional exaggeration to draw attention to self. The antisocial personality tends to be manipulative. Paranoid personality disorder causes the client to be suspicious and distrust others. In obsessive–compulsive personality disorder, the client's perfectionism interferes with task completion.
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