The nurse continues to care for the client.

Exhibits

For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with psychosis or mania. Each finding may support more than one diagnosis.

A. Allow the second nurse to enter the data while observing them. Even if observed, allowing another person to use a computer while logged in under someone else’s credentials violates HIPAA and security policies.
B. Log off the computer and let the second nurse log on and enter the data. This is the correct and secure action. Each nurse must use their own login to ensure accountability and protect patient confidentiality, as required by HIPAA and institutional policies.
C. Ask the second nurse for the data and enter it for them. This may lead to documentation errors or confusion about who provided care. Each nurse should document their own assessments and interventions.
D. Tell the second nurse to enter the data when they return from their break. While delaying documentation is sometimes necessary, timely documentation is important for safe patient care. The second nurse should have the opportunity to chart promptly, but under their own credentials.

A. Shows perfectionism. Clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) are characterized by perfectionism, a preoccupation with orderliness, control, and rules, and a need for mental and interpersonal control, often at the expense of flexibility and efficiency.

B. Takes advantage of others. This behavior is more typical of antisocial personality disorder, not OCPD. Clients with OCPD tend to be highly conscientious, not manipulative or exploitative.

C. Irritability. While clients with OCPD may become frustrated or anxious if things are not done their way, chronic irritability is not a hallmark feature of the disorder.

D. Impulsivity. Impulsivity is more commonly associated with borderline or antisocial personality disorders. In contrast, clients with OCPD are typically rigid, cautious, and rule-bound.