Exam 21: Social Responses and Personality Disorders

A patient with a personality disorder has shared with staff that family members have acted cruelly while at the same time telling the family about receiving indifferent care from staff members.This behavior is identified as the patient's attempt to:

A patient regularly uses manipulation to control situations.Staff working to reduce this behavior should first convey the message that:

A patient with borderline personality disorder tells the nurse,"When my sister got married and had a baby,she ignored me and I got so angry with her because she is so inattentive to my needs." The patient's sense of entitlement to her sister's attention is consistent with:

After caring for a patient with a personality disorder the nurse states,"At first I thought this was such a nice person.Now I realize it's like working with the devil." The two different views held by the nurse are most likely the result of:

Which characteristic exhibited by an individual diagnosed with a personality disorder makes it advisable to schedule frequent staff meetings with the patient as the focus? The patient tends to:

A nursing diagnosis that would be appropriate to consider for any patient with a personality disorder is: