NUR 253 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
NUR 253 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
TEST 2026/2027
Different ways to diagnose/treat people - Correct answer ✔✔ • Admit to hospital
• Partially hospitalized
• In day treatment settings
Milieu management is a significant part of treatment - Correct answer ✔✔ o Goal is to manage
pt affect in group context
Community meetings
Coping skills group
Socialization groups
• When behaviors emerge - Correct answer ✔✔ o Calmly review therapeutic goals
o boundaries of treatment
o avoid rejection and rescuing
• Assess for suicide intentions
Dependent Personality Disorder - Correct answer ✔✔ thought to be a result of chronic physical
illness, punishment, indecent behavior or independent behavior in childhood, inherited trait of
submissiveness,
dependent personality disorder-• What is important when planning their care? - Correct answer
✔✔ o Empathy
o Independence
,dependent personality disorder-characteristics - Correct answer ✔✔ o Clingy
o Submissive
o Fear of separation
o Difficulty making everyday decisions
o Dependent on other people to do things for them
o Need others to assume responsibility for the major areas in their life
o Do not express any kind of disagreement
o Difficulty in initiating projects or doing things on their own
o Helpless or uncomfortable being alone
Due to fears of being unable to care for themselves
Borderline Personality Disorder- - Correct answer ✔✔ Thought to be a result of early
abandonment which results in an unstable view of self and others
Borderline personality disorder-important in planning care - Correct answer ✔✔ • Importance
of maintaining a calm and matter of fact response
• Don't give in to the persuasion of these patients trying to manipulate
• Give rules, don't sugar coat, and be consistent
o Behavioral contracts
• Goal is to get these patients to verbalize when they want to hurt either themselves or others.
Borderline personality disorder-characteristics - Correct answer ✔✔ o Dramatic
o Instability in emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships
o Impulsiveness
Spending money
Binge eating
Sex
, Substance abuse
Reckless driving
o Identity of self-image distortions
o Unstable mood and affect
Borderline personality disorder-Ineffective and harming self-soothing habits - Correct answer
✔✔ Cutting
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Numbing with substance abuse (most common)
Splitting (primary defense mechanism coping style): cannot incorporate positive and negative
aspects of one's self or others into one image. Idealize a person at start of a new relationship
and hoping this person can meet all their expectations. With the first frustration comes
immediate hatred of the same person.
Suicidal behaviors
• Will make gestures and threats
Feelings of emptiness
Inappropriate and intense flashes of anger that are uncontrollable
Histrionic Personality Disorder- - Correct answer ✔✔ Earliest as 3-5 yrs of age with an overly
intense attachment to parent of opposite sex parent which results in fear of retaliation of same
sex parent
Histrionic Personality Disorder- Know characteristics one might exhibit - Correct answer ✔✔ o
Uncomfortable in situations where self is not the center of attention
o Interactions with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexual seductive and
provocative behavior
o Consistently using physical appearance to draw attention to self
o Self-dramatic, theatrical
Exaggeration of expression and emotion
NUR 253 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
TEST 2026/2027
Different ways to diagnose/treat people - Correct answer ✔✔ • Admit to hospital
• Partially hospitalized
• In day treatment settings
Milieu management is a significant part of treatment - Correct answer ✔✔ o Goal is to manage
pt affect in group context
Community meetings
Coping skills group
Socialization groups
• When behaviors emerge - Correct answer ✔✔ o Calmly review therapeutic goals
o boundaries of treatment
o avoid rejection and rescuing
• Assess for suicide intentions
Dependent Personality Disorder - Correct answer ✔✔ thought to be a result of chronic physical
illness, punishment, indecent behavior or independent behavior in childhood, inherited trait of
submissiveness,
dependent personality disorder-• What is important when planning their care? - Correct answer
✔✔ o Empathy
o Independence
,dependent personality disorder-characteristics - Correct answer ✔✔ o Clingy
o Submissive
o Fear of separation
o Difficulty making everyday decisions
o Dependent on other people to do things for them
o Need others to assume responsibility for the major areas in their life
o Do not express any kind of disagreement
o Difficulty in initiating projects or doing things on their own
o Helpless or uncomfortable being alone
Due to fears of being unable to care for themselves
Borderline Personality Disorder- - Correct answer ✔✔ Thought to be a result of early
abandonment which results in an unstable view of self and others
Borderline personality disorder-important in planning care - Correct answer ✔✔ • Importance
of maintaining a calm and matter of fact response
• Don't give in to the persuasion of these patients trying to manipulate
• Give rules, don't sugar coat, and be consistent
o Behavioral contracts
• Goal is to get these patients to verbalize when they want to hurt either themselves or others.
Borderline personality disorder-characteristics - Correct answer ✔✔ o Dramatic
o Instability in emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships
o Impulsiveness
Spending money
Binge eating
Sex
, Substance abuse
Reckless driving
o Identity of self-image distortions
o Unstable mood and affect
Borderline personality disorder-Ineffective and harming self-soothing habits - Correct answer
✔✔ Cutting
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Numbing with substance abuse (most common)
Splitting (primary defense mechanism coping style): cannot incorporate positive and negative
aspects of one's self or others into one image. Idealize a person at start of a new relationship
and hoping this person can meet all their expectations. With the first frustration comes
immediate hatred of the same person.
Suicidal behaviors
• Will make gestures and threats
Feelings of emptiness
Inappropriate and intense flashes of anger that are uncontrollable
Histrionic Personality Disorder- - Correct answer ✔✔ Earliest as 3-5 yrs of age with an overly
intense attachment to parent of opposite sex parent which results in fear of retaliation of same
sex parent
Histrionic Personality Disorder- Know characteristics one might exhibit - Correct answer ✔✔ o
Uncomfortable in situations where self is not the center of attention
o Interactions with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexual seductive and
provocative behavior
o Consistently using physical appearance to draw attention to self
o Self-dramatic, theatrical
Exaggeration of expression and emotion
