A nurse preparing to interview a client in the client's room begins to move newspapers off a chair to sit down. The client requests that the nurse sit in another chair and leave the newspapers where they were. The client is demonstrating:
a. Personal space
b. Paranoia
c. Manipulation
d. Territoriality
D
Territoriality is the need to gain control over an area of space and claim it for oneself, as it helps to provide a sense of identity, security, autonomy, and control over the environment. Personal space is the distance maintained between people. Manipulation and paranoia are not demonstrated in this case.
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