Personality Disorders Exam Questions
A - answer A nurse is caring for a client who has an avoidant personality disorder.
Which of the following statements is expected from a client who has this type of
personality disorder?
A. "I'm scared that you're going to leave me.
"B. "I'll go to group therapy if you'll let me smoke."
C."I need to feel that everyone admires me."
D."I sometimes feel better if I cut myself.
B - answerA client with a borderline personality disorder should not have access to...
a. Group therapy, as they are a distraction to others
b. Potentially harmful objects, as they are at high risk for harming themselves
c. Television, as these patients will frequently experience ideas of reference.
d. Social services, as these patients are always non-compliant to services offered
A - answerA patient with OCD has an obsession with cleaning doorknobs. You as the
nurse know that when the patient carries out the act of cleaning the doorknob they are
doing what?
A. Relieving their anxiety
B. Causing more anxiety
C. Ridding the doorknob of all germs
D. Carrying out the cleaning to annoy family members
C - answerWhile working on a psych unit a nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with
paranoid personality disorder. When the patient becomes violent what is the
intervention for the nurse to take?
Scold the patient for acting out
Call for help and restrain the client until they calm down
Use clear, calm statements and a confident physical stance.
Tell the client they are acting mental and are only bringing attention to themselves.
True - answerCognitive Behavior Therapy is indicated for borderline personality
disorder, true or false?
D - answerWhich of the following statements describes borderline personality disorder?
A. Detached from social relationships, restricted affect, and involved with things more
than people.
B. Submissive and clinging behavior accompanied with an excessive need to be taken
care of.
C. Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitive to negative evaluation.
D. Unstable relationships, self image and affect, accompanied with impulsivity and self-
harm.
A - answer A nurse is caring for a client who has an avoidant personality disorder.
Which of the following statements is expected from a client who has this type of
personality disorder?
A. "I'm scared that you're going to leave me.
"B. "I'll go to group therapy if you'll let me smoke."
C."I need to feel that everyone admires me."
D."I sometimes feel better if I cut myself.
B - answerA client with a borderline personality disorder should not have access to...
a. Group therapy, as they are a distraction to others
b. Potentially harmful objects, as they are at high risk for harming themselves
c. Television, as these patients will frequently experience ideas of reference.
d. Social services, as these patients are always non-compliant to services offered
A - answerA patient with OCD has an obsession with cleaning doorknobs. You as the
nurse know that when the patient carries out the act of cleaning the doorknob they are
doing what?
A. Relieving their anxiety
B. Causing more anxiety
C. Ridding the doorknob of all germs
D. Carrying out the cleaning to annoy family members
C - answerWhile working on a psych unit a nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with
paranoid personality disorder. When the patient becomes violent what is the
intervention for the nurse to take?
Scold the patient for acting out
Call for help and restrain the client until they calm down
Use clear, calm statements and a confident physical stance.
Tell the client they are acting mental and are only bringing attention to themselves.
True - answerCognitive Behavior Therapy is indicated for borderline personality
disorder, true or false?
D - answerWhich of the following statements describes borderline personality disorder?
A. Detached from social relationships, restricted affect, and involved with things more
than people.
B. Submissive and clinging behavior accompanied with an excessive need to be taken
care of.
C. Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitive to negative evaluation.
D. Unstable relationships, self image and affect, accompanied with impulsivity and self-
harm.
