NRNP 6645 Midterm Exam Review Questions and Answers 2022
1. Which of the following is inconsistent with Socratic Dialogue basic rules for the
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2. A patient involved in expressive psychotherapy is having intense emotional reactions to painful experiences that have been expressed. This is known as which of the following?
Catharsis
3. Th e change agent in relational psychodynamic therapy is which of the following
- Mindfulness
4. schizoid personality is a pathological outcome associated with which of Erikson’s psychosocial stages?
Intimacy vs isolation (20-30yrs)
5. patients who would not be considered ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy are which of the following?
- Pts who do not know who they are
- Those who are not in touch with reality
- Those who cannot perfectly describe others.
- Those that are confused
6. The therapist using a CBT approach says to the patient: “You say you become depressed. Explain to me what depressed feels like to you.” This is an example of what question type in Socratic Dialogue?
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7. Which of the following is true regarding the difference between brief and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy?
Brief psychodynamic Psychotherapy takes place in fewer days per week and lasts for a shorter duration.
- Although psychodynamic psychotherapy is frequently thought of as long- term therapy, brief psychodynamic psychotherapy is probably most often practiced given the current climate of managed care.
- Long term goes for more than 1yr-2yrs and over 40 sessions.
- Brief will be goal-oriented with about 25 sessions. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on unconscious processes manifested in a person’s behavior.
8. Which of the following is true about Automatic Thought Records? ATS (page 368)
- key component in CBT
- first introduced in 1979 by Beck to capture and analyze automatic thoughts both during and between sessions.
- Used as homework after introducing the process within the therapy session
9. Patients who would not be considered ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy are which of the following.
The confused, severely psychotic, those who are not aware of their suffering, the uneducated See #5 see pg 271
10. A patient involved in expressive psychotherapy is having intense emotional reactions to painful experiences that have been expressed. This is known as which of the following?
Catharsis pg 477
11. The focus of therapy in brief psychodynamic psychotherapy is on which of the following.
Setting the termination date pg 281
12. The process of a group member benefiting by observing the therapy of another member with similar problems is a phenomenon referred to as which of the following:
Pg 475 Instillation of hope
13. The therapist using a CBT approach in which the therapist encourages the patient to investigate whether their thoughts are based on facts or assumptions is known as which of the following?
Pg 473 Cognitive behavioral
14. A patient comment at the end of their group therapy how important it was for them to have observed the improvement of others. This is consistent with which of Yalom’s therapeutic factors
Pg 477Group cohesiveness
15. Freud’s Psychosexual stages development of sexual identity occurs during what age range?
3 to 6 years
16. Recommending or prescribing specific readings related to the individual’s difficulties is known as which of the following?
Bibliotherapy
17. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse who assists the patient to maintain eye contact appropriately, shaking hands appropriately, appropriate language in public is doing which of the following?
Social Skills training
18. Which of the following is consistent research related to resilience and posttraumatic growth?
Pg 15 They are inversely related, that is those who cope well are resilient after a traumatic event retain equilibrium and do not need to find a positive meaning to the event while those who merge with posttraumatic growth feel the need to reframe the event as positive
-There is a curvilinear relationship between post traumatic growth and resilience pg 15
19. Hildegard Peplau developed the psychodynamic interpersonal model for psychiatric nursing based on which theorist’s framework?
Influenced by Harry Stack Sullivan, Percival Symonds, Abraham Maslow, and Neal Elger Miller.
20. In supportive psychotherapy where the patient is functioning at a child-like level in significant domains of life which basic strategy of dynamic supportive therapy would most likely be used? Pg 265
Strategy #2 Be a good parent
21. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse is working with a couple on conflict management. They report during a recent argument the husband threw a plate across the room. Based on the current advances in neuroscience the advanced practice psychiatric nurse explains:
Stress-relieving
22. Borderline pathology is thought to evolve from problems in which of Mahler’s stages of separation- individualization?
Rapproachement 16-24 months
23. Psychodynamic interpersonal model for psychiatric nursing based on which theorist’s framework
Hildegard Peplau
24. In classical psychodynamic therapy the therapist’s role is which of the following?
Pg 790 the therapist’s role is to follow the child as he or she initiates the play
25. They probably think I am stupid” is an example of which type of cognitive distortion? (pg 366) Mind Reading
26. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse helps the patient to identify and name feelings, focus on somatic sensations associated with emotions, and encourages use of metaphor to describe feelings. This is consistent with which basic strategy of supportive psychodynamic therapy?
Decrease Alexithymia
27. In therapy groups where group members gain through receiving help from group members and giving help to group members, which of Yalom’s therapeutic benefits is being realized?
Pg 475 Altuism
28. The idea that nothing happens by chance, that every thought and all behavior has a cause refers to which of the following concepts? (Page 252)
The concept of Psychic determinism
29. See they never let me do anything!” The advanced practice psychiatric nurse using a Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy framework recognizes this as cognitive distortion known as (page 366)
Mind Reading
30. In a family session a teenager whose parents deny him a night out states angrily “See they never let me do anything!” The advanced practice psychiatric nurse using a Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy framework recognizes this as cognitive distortion known as:
Pg 366 overgeneralization or global labeling
31. Factors that distinguish psychodynamic therapy from cognitive behavioral therapy include which of the following factors. Page 250
Emphasis on the past [Show Less]