A Nurse Is Caring for a Group of Clients Within

question 5

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a group of clients within the DSM-5 Cluster B category of personality disorders.Which factors should the nurse consider when planning client care? Select all that apply.

• A) These clients have personality traits that are deeply ingrained and difficult to modify.
• B) These clients need medications to treat the underlying physiological pathology.
• C) These clients use manipulation, making the implementation of treatment problematic.
• D) These clients have poor impulse control that hinders compliance with a plan of care.
• E) These clients commonly have secondary diagnoses of substance abuse and depression.

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Definitions:

Applause

The act of clapping hands together to show appreciation or approval, typically in response to a performance or speech.

Criticism

The evaluation of merits and faults of the work or actions of an individual or group.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where an unwanted behavior or response is replaced with a more desirable one by associating the behavior with a positive action or feeling.

Conditioned Fear

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an aversive stimulus, leading to fear responses when the neutral stimulus is presented alone.