NURS 623 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY
TEST 3 2026 NURSING TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Which personality disorder is often associated with self-harming
behavior?
Answer: BPD
◉ Know the risk factors associated with suicide among patients
Answer: Family history of suicide
Family history of child maltreatment
Previous suicide attempt(s)
History of mental disorders, particularly clinical depression
History of alcohol and substance abuse
Feelings of hopelessness
Impulsive or aggressive tendencies
Cultural and religious beliefs (e.g., belief that suicide is noble resolution
of a personal dilemma)
Local epidemics of suicide
Isolation, a feeling of being cut off from other people
Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
Loss (relational, social, work, or financial)
Physical illness
Easy access to lethal methods
,Unwillingness to seek help because of the stigma attached to mental
health and substance abuse disorders or to suicidal thoughts
Single, living alone
◉ Be able to identify protective factors among patients at risk for
suicide
Answer: Effective clinical care for mental, physical, and substance abuse
disorders
Easy access to a variety of clinical interventions and support for help
seeking
Family and community support (connectedness)
Support from ongoing medical and mental health care relationships
Skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, and nonviolent ways of
handling disputes
Cultural and religious beliefs that discourage suicide and support
instincts for self-preservation
◉ difference between suicidal gestures and self mutilation
Answer: **INTENT
**suicide: experiencing stressors for which they see no escape from, and
choose to end life- feel worthless and hopeless
** the infliction of pain reassures them that they are still alive, which is
especially true if they are experiencing emotional numbness or are
feeling disconnected from the world around them. Additionally, self-
injury can result in a rush as a result of chemical changes in the brain,
which can easily become addictive and highly dangerous.
, ◉ What is self harm?
Answer: Self-harm is a form of mutilation while suicide is the deliberate
act of taking one's own life.
◉ Know which medication has been linked to reducing suicidal ideation
among patients
Answer: Lithium
◉ Understand what lethality means
Answer: the capacity to cause death or serious harm or damage.
◉ who are the patients with the highest lethality?
Answer: Narcissists
◉ What compulsion is most commonly seen in patients with OCD?
Answer: Checking 63%
Washing 50%
Counting 36%
Need to ask or confess 31%
Symmetry and precision 28%
Hoarding 18%
◉ What is an obsession?
TEST 3 2026 NURSING TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Which personality disorder is often associated with self-harming
behavior?
Answer: BPD
◉ Know the risk factors associated with suicide among patients
Answer: Family history of suicide
Family history of child maltreatment
Previous suicide attempt(s)
History of mental disorders, particularly clinical depression
History of alcohol and substance abuse
Feelings of hopelessness
Impulsive or aggressive tendencies
Cultural and religious beliefs (e.g., belief that suicide is noble resolution
of a personal dilemma)
Local epidemics of suicide
Isolation, a feeling of being cut off from other people
Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
Loss (relational, social, work, or financial)
Physical illness
Easy access to lethal methods
,Unwillingness to seek help because of the stigma attached to mental
health and substance abuse disorders or to suicidal thoughts
Single, living alone
◉ Be able to identify protective factors among patients at risk for
suicide
Answer: Effective clinical care for mental, physical, and substance abuse
disorders
Easy access to a variety of clinical interventions and support for help
seeking
Family and community support (connectedness)
Support from ongoing medical and mental health care relationships
Skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, and nonviolent ways of
handling disputes
Cultural and religious beliefs that discourage suicide and support
instincts for self-preservation
◉ difference between suicidal gestures and self mutilation
Answer: **INTENT
**suicide: experiencing stressors for which they see no escape from, and
choose to end life- feel worthless and hopeless
** the infliction of pain reassures them that they are still alive, which is
especially true if they are experiencing emotional numbness or are
feeling disconnected from the world around them. Additionally, self-
injury can result in a rush as a result of chemical changes in the brain,
which can easily become addictive and highly dangerous.
, ◉ What is self harm?
Answer: Self-harm is a form of mutilation while suicide is the deliberate
act of taking one's own life.
◉ Know which medication has been linked to reducing suicidal ideation
among patients
Answer: Lithium
◉ Understand what lethality means
Answer: the capacity to cause death or serious harm or damage.
◉ who are the patients with the highest lethality?
Answer: Narcissists
◉ What compulsion is most commonly seen in patients with OCD?
Answer: Checking 63%
Washing 50%
Counting 36%
Need to ask or confess 31%
Symmetry and precision 28%
Hoarding 18%
◉ What is an obsession?
