Which behavior is of particular concern to the nurse when managing the care of a patient diagnosed with a personality disorder?
a. Reporting a staff member for ‘wanting to hurt me'
b. Shoplifting two candy bars from the hospital's gift shop
c. Asking much more frequently to be allowed to ‘smoke a cigarette'
d. Refusing for three days to either bathe or change into clean clothing
ANS: B
Patients with personality disorders often exhibit self-destructive behaviors that result in get-ting themselves in trouble with the law, such as shoplifting. The remaining options are not generally considered characteristic behaviors of the patient diagnosed with a personality dis-order.
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