When preparing to interview a patient diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, a nurse can anticipate the assessment findings will include:
a. preoccupation with minute details; perfectionist.
b. charm, drama, seductiveness; seeking admiration.
c. difficulty being alone; indecisive, submissiveness.
d. grandiosity, self-importance, and a sense of entitlement.
ANS: D
The characteristics of grandiosity, self-importance, and entitlement are consistent with narcissistic personality disorder. Charm, drama, seductiveness, and admiration seeking are seen in patients with histrionic personality disorder. Preoccupation with minute details and perfectionism are seen in individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Patients with dependent personality disorder often express difficulty being alone and are indecisive and submissive.
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