Latest 2023 - 2024 NUR 2488 Final Exam PPT Mental Health Nursing - Rasmussen 1 / 3
Module 7 – Nursing Care for Clients with Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders •Personality disorders •Cluster A •Odd, eccentric
•Examples: Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
•Nursing interventions: Focus on safety and communication
•Cluster B •Erratic, dramatic, emotional
•Examples: Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
•Nursing interventions: Focus on dealing with manipulation (boundary setting)
•If client exhibits splitting behaviors, talk directly to other nurse rather than taking patient’s word •Cluster C •Fearful, anxious
•Examples: Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
•Nursing interventions: Focus on social skills training, reduce anxiety 2 / 3
Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders Anticipated behaviors, nursing interventions, treatment options Borderline Personality Disorder •A pervasive pattern of unstable relationships •Fluctuating extreme attitudes about people •Fear of real or imagined abandonment •Highly impulsive •Most common personality disorder •No regard to boundaries •Recurrent suicide attempts and self-destructive behaviors •“I hate you, don’t leave me” •Chronic depression •Inability to be alone •Manipulative •Chronic feelings of emptiness •Inappropriate anger •Suicidal gestures to elicit a rescue response from others Antisocial Personality Disorder •A pattern of socially irresponsible, exploitive and guiltless behavior since age 15 •Oldest and best researched of the personality disorders •More common in men •Fails to conform to social norms •Deceitfulness •Aggressive •Impulsive •Disregard for the law •Lack of remorse
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