Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 67%
Full-length
A client with paranoid personality disorder monopolizes group activities with complaints that the staff is out to get him. The nurse should:
Correct answer
D
Rationale
One of the most therapeutic actions the nurse can take with the paranoid client is to spend time with him but not challenge his delusions. Answer A would challenge his delusions and make him more convinced that he is right, so it is incorrect. Answers B and C would isolate the client and increase his paranoid thinking, so they're incorrect.