You are caring for a 12-year-old boy with a diagnosis of conduct disorder.  Which of the following would you be most likely to expect given this diagnosis?

Melissa is a new patient on your floor who is being assessed for several disorders, including suicide potential.  You learn she attempts suicide every 6 to 12 months because she cannot tolerate living alone.  She is unable to see two sides of a situation or an individual; they are either all good or all bad.  You consider which of the following as a potential diagnosis for Barbara? 

Patients with antisocial personality disorder: 

A hospitalized client with a history of alcohol abuse tells the nurse, “I am leaving now.  I have to go.  I don’t want any more treatment.  I have things that I have to do right way.”  The client has not been discharged and is scheduled for an important diagnostic test to be performed in 1 hour.  After the nurse discusses the client’s concerns with the client, the client dresses and begins to walk out of the hospital room.  What action should the nurse take? 

Nurses know that when working with patients who have personality disorders; the most difficult task for these patients will probably be: 

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 young adult arrives in the after-hours clinic with dilated pupils, an elevated heart rate, extreme sensitivity to sounds around him, sense of being outside of his body, and fine tremors of the hands.  The patient admits to recent use of an illegal street drug.  As the nurse collecting this data, you suspect: 

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

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? 

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