The nurse is working with a client with antisocial personality disorder. This client's desire to do everything for himself is based on which of the following?
A) Belief in his own self-worth
B) Inability to delay gratification
C) Rewards for competitive behavior
D) Sense of mistrust of others
D
Feedback: Clients with antisocial personality disorder believe others are just like them, that is, ready to exploit and use others for their own gain. These clients mistrust others and are devoid of personal emotions; actually the self is quite shallow and empty. These clients view relationships as serving their needs and pursue others only for personal gain. There is no competition because these clients believe they are only taking care of themselves because no one else will.
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A nurse is teaching a group of hospitalized clients who have co-occurring disorders involving cognitive disorders and alcoholism about the relapse cycle. Which statement would the nurse most likely include during this teaching session?
A) "After you are discharged, there is a tendency to use alcohol rather than your prescribed medications to self-medicate your psychiatric symptoms. This allows your psychiatric symptoms to surface again, and they, in turn, lead to rehospitalization. Your symptoms are again controlled with medications until you are discharged, and the cycle starts all over again." B) "Your alcoholism causes you to hallucinate, and you need to take prescribed medications to control the hallucinations. When you try to stop drinking and stay abstinent, your hallucinations disappear; consequently, you stop taking your prescribed medications because they're gone. Then you celebrate with alcohol, and this triggers a relapse; the alcoholism causes hallucinations, and the whole thing starts over again." C) "Your dependence on alcohol and your psychiatric illness are unrelated. Experiencing disturbing thoughts does not cause alcoholism, and alcoholism does not cause your disturbing thoughts. It all boils down to medication compliance." D) "The cycle is triggered by repeated attempts to stop drinking. Without the levels of alcohol your system has come to tolerate, you begin to develop psychiatric symptoms. Then you have to be hospitalized and treated for your psychosis again. Everything is fine until the next time you try to stop drinking, and then the cycle repeats itself."
J.F. tells you that she feels like she needs to have a bowel movement (BM) but it is too painfulto sit on the bedpan
How would you respond?
Taking a temporal artery temperature occurs at which body site?
A) Groin B) Armpit C) Forehead D) Ear
A patient with an addiction to alcohol checked into a rehabilitation center as a result of experi-encing delirium, inability to concentrate, and being easily distracted. What term would be used to document this state?
a. Acute confusional state b. Echolalia c. Dementia d. Dysphagia