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Your new patient is admitted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.  Which of the following is the patient most likely to demonstrate? 

A boy with a conduct disorder diagnosis would be most likely to have which symptom?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder who is experiencing disturbed though processes.  In formulating a nursing plan of care, which best intervention should the nurse include? 

Which characteristic is likely to be present in a patient with avoidant personality? 

Which interventions are most appropriate for caring for a client in alcohol withdrawal?  Select all that apply.  

Your new patient is at risk for alcohol withdrawal.  You know that alcohol withdrawal tends to develop within what period after the last drink? 

Malachi is a 25-year-old male patient who is being treated at your hospital day-treatment center.  Malachi is very charming and seems popular.  He has the ability to draw crowds around him, but you know he has been in trouble with the law several times since adolescence and lies constantly.  You realize that Malachi’s behavior is most likely which personality disorder? 

A patient with borderline personality disorder approaches you and voices concern that she is being ignored and feels unimportant.  The patient blames the nursing staff for these feelings because the nurses are “not paying attention” to her.  Your best therapeutic response to this patient is: 

The nurse determines that the wife of an alcoholic client is benefiting from attending an Al-Anon group if the nurse hears the wife make which statement? 

The nurse is monitoring a hospitalized client who abuses alcohol.  Which findings should alert the nurse to the potential for alcohol withdrawal delirium?