Narcissistic personality disorder

INSTRUCTIONS Narcissistic personality disorder: When it's all about “me” TEST INSTRUCTIONS To take the test online, go to our secure web site at www.nursingcenter.com/CE/nmie. On the print form, record your answers in the test answer section of the CE enrollment form on page 56. Each question has only one correct answer. You may make copies of these forms. Complete the registration information and course evaluation. Mail the completed form and registration fee of $21.95 to: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, CE Group, 74 Brick Blvd., Bldg. 4, Suite 206, Brick, NJ 08723. We will mail your certificate in 4 to 6 weeks. For faster service, include a fax number and we will fax your certificate within 2 business days of receiving your enrollment form. You will receive your CE certificate of earned contact hours and an answer key to review your results. Registration deadline is February 28, 2018. DISCOUNTS and CUSTOMER SERVICE Send two or more tests in any nursing journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins together by mail and deduct $0.95 from the price of each test. We also offer CE accounts for hospitals and other health care facilities on nursingcenter.com. Call 1-800-787-8985 for details. PROVIDER ACCREDITATION Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, publisher of Nursing made Incredibly Easy!, will award 2.0 contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749 for 2.0 contact hours. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Florida CE Broker #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states. Narcissistic personality disorder: When it's all about “me” GENERAL PURPOSE: To provide an overview of NPD. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After completing this continuing-education activity, you should be able to: 1. List the symptoms of NPD. 2. Describe the diagnosis and treatment of NPD. A person with NPD demonstrates a lack of ability to recognize their own importance. empathize with others. focus on themself. Appearing extremely confident in front of others, the person with NPD actually possesses high self-esteem. low self-esteem. healthy self-regulation. The person with NPD perceives others to be conspiratorial. persecutory. inferior. When criticized, the person with NPD typically reacts with rage. sadness. self-improvement. Which of the following isn't typical of a person with NPD? feeling threatened by others' achievements refusing to listen to others' opinions maintaining long-lasting relationships Because they may have never experienced positive interaction with others, people with NPD lack maturity. social skills. intellect. Psychologists believe that NPD is caused by genetic and social factors. prenatal brain injury. autoimmune disease. The right supramarginal gyrus is the area of the brain responsible for reasoning. empathy. mood regulation. In the mnemonic IT IS ALL ABOUT ME, the “S” stands for secretive nature. sadness predominates. sense of entitlement. Which of the following is a warning sign of NPD identified in the mnemonic RED FLAGS? exaggerates personal achievements devalues relationships feels anxiety around others People with NPD who seek treatment typically do so because they recognize their own narcissism. are seeking insight into failed relationships. want help with a coexisting psychiatric disorder. According to the DSM-V, the person with NPD sets goals centered on self-improvement. gaining approval from others. attempting that which is most easily achieved. The DSM-V states that, for the person with NPD, relationships exist for self-esteem regulation. decreasing social isolation. shared experiences. Pathologic narcissistic personality traits specified by the DSM-V include grandiosity. inhibition. self-consciousness. What tool is used by mental health professionals to help diagnose NPD? Conners 3 Inventory Narcissistic Personality Inventory Hamilton Rating Scale The focus of psychotherapy for NPD is to help the patient learn how to enhance self-promotion. decrease anxiety. establish healthy relationships. When interacting with patients with NPD, the practitioner must use therapeutic communication and authoritarian delivery. self-awareness skills. strict advice. One goal of treatment represented in the mnemonic I LOVE U is to improve self-esteem. learn to love oneself. increase the ability to regulate feelings. FigureFigure