NSG520 MODULE 2 | REALIZEIT |
HERZING UNIVERSITY MSN-DE FINAL
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Existential Psychotherapy.
Answer: "A phenomenological-personal psychotherapy with the aim of
enabling a person to experience his or her life freely at the spiritual and
emotional levels, to arrive at authentic decisions and to come to a
responsible way of dealing with himself or herself and the world around
them."
◍ standards for patient education.
Answer: - education- joint commission- enhance patient safety
◍ role of nurse in patient education.
Answer: - education must be patient-centered and must empower them to
take care of themselves - assess what they already know
◍ what does the Speak Up program do.
Answer: helps patients understand their rights
◍ · Key themes and principles of existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Choice- free to choose◦ Freedom- free to shape their destiny◦
Responsibility- responsible for their own actions or inactions◦ Awareness-
through self-awareness, people can choose their actions and create their own
destiny◦ Aloneness- part of the human condition that people enter and depart
the world alone◦ Meaning- part of the human condition is the struggle for a
sense of meaning◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living and is inevitable◦ Death-
the fear of death must be faced before one can truly live
,◍ Founders of existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Leading figures include Frankl, May and Yalom
◍ purpose of patient education.
Answer: help patient achieve optimal levels of health
◍ patient education includes:.
Answer: - Maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention-
Restoration of health- Coping with impaired functioning
◍ SPEAK UP.
Answer: s - speak p - pay e - educate a - ask k - know u - use p - participate
◍ Speak up -.
Answer: if you have questions or concerns
◍ The existential therapist and the subjective world.
Answer: The function of the existential therapist is to understand the client's
subjective world
◍ Pay attention -.
Answer: to the care you get, right treatments
◍ Anxiety in existential therapy.
Answer: The goals of existential psychotherapy center on the given themes
of existence and help people face the anxieties of life, freely choose their
life direction, take responsibility for their choices, and create a meaningful
existence.
◍ Guilt in existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Existential psychotherapy is centered in resolving life's existential
themes.◦ Dysfunction occurs when existential themes are unresolved, and
people live a meaningless life.
◍ educate yourself -.
Answer: about your illness
◍ Ask -.
, Answer: a trusted family member or friend
◍ The "Givens" of existence (Yalom).
Answer: ◦ Freedom and Responsibility◦ Isolation◦ Meaninglessness◦ Death
◍ The three forms of the world- "being in the world" (Dimensions of the
World Views) - Existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Umwelt - the biological world, environment◦ Mitwelt - literally
means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and culture◦
Eigenwelt - "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping
of what something in the world personally means to the individual◦
Überwelt - A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living -
the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
◍ Umwelt.
Answer: the biological world, environment
◍ Mitwelt.
Answer: literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in
society and culture
◍ Eigenwelt.
Answer: "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of
what something in the world personally means to the individual
◍ Überwelt.
Answer: A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living -
the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
◍ Existential approach and philosophy.
Answer: ◦ Explores the here and now without looking into the past and
emphasizes a person's responsibility for their own existence.◦ The approach
is experiential/relational and based on the philosophical concern with what it
means to be fully human.◦ Emphasis is based on understanding the human
experience and focuses on the client rather than the symptom.
◍ Gestalt Therapy.
, Answer: Gestalt, a German word meaning organized whole, recognizes the
unity of humans as integrated wholes, not divided into parts, taken out of
context, or generalized
◍ Key themes and principles of gestalt therapy.
Answer: ◦ The more we work at becoming who or what we are not, the more
we remain the same◦ Authentic change occurs more from being who we are,
rather than trying to be who we are not (ex.- focusing on your inherent
strengths, instead of working on weaknesses)◦ Be here, be now
◍ Know -.
Answer: the medications you take and why you take them
◍ Use -.
Answer: a hospital clinic, surgery center that you have researched
◍ Founder of gestalt therapy.
Answer: ◦ Founded by Fritz Perls
◍ Awareness in Gestalt.
Answer: ◦ The initial goal is for clients to expand their awareness of what
they are experiencing in the present moment◦ Increased awareness is
considered curative and by becoming aware, clients can be integrated, or
whole
◍ participate -.
Answer: in all decisions
◍ 3 domains of learning.
Answer: CognitiveAffectivepsychomotor
◍ "Here and Now" (Gestalt).
Answer: ◦ The focus of Gestalt is NOT on the why of behavior, but rather on
the what and how of behavior & the here and now◦ Gestalt therapists are
sensitive to how the here and now includes residues from the past, such as
body posture, habits, and beliefs
◍ cognitive.
HERZING UNIVERSITY MSN-DE FINAL
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Existential Psychotherapy.
Answer: "A phenomenological-personal psychotherapy with the aim of
enabling a person to experience his or her life freely at the spiritual and
emotional levels, to arrive at authentic decisions and to come to a
responsible way of dealing with himself or herself and the world around
them."
◍ standards for patient education.
Answer: - education- joint commission- enhance patient safety
◍ role of nurse in patient education.
Answer: - education must be patient-centered and must empower them to
take care of themselves - assess what they already know
◍ what does the Speak Up program do.
Answer: helps patients understand their rights
◍ · Key themes and principles of existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Choice- free to choose◦ Freedom- free to shape their destiny◦
Responsibility- responsible for their own actions or inactions◦ Awareness-
through self-awareness, people can choose their actions and create their own
destiny◦ Aloneness- part of the human condition that people enter and depart
the world alone◦ Meaning- part of the human condition is the struggle for a
sense of meaning◦ Anxiety- is a condition of living and is inevitable◦ Death-
the fear of death must be faced before one can truly live
,◍ Founders of existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Leading figures include Frankl, May and Yalom
◍ purpose of patient education.
Answer: help patient achieve optimal levels of health
◍ patient education includes:.
Answer: - Maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention-
Restoration of health- Coping with impaired functioning
◍ SPEAK UP.
Answer: s - speak p - pay e - educate a - ask k - know u - use p - participate
◍ Speak up -.
Answer: if you have questions or concerns
◍ The existential therapist and the subjective world.
Answer: The function of the existential therapist is to understand the client's
subjective world
◍ Pay attention -.
Answer: to the care you get, right treatments
◍ Anxiety in existential therapy.
Answer: The goals of existential psychotherapy center on the given themes
of existence and help people face the anxieties of life, freely choose their
life direction, take responsibility for their choices, and create a meaningful
existence.
◍ Guilt in existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Existential psychotherapy is centered in resolving life's existential
themes.◦ Dysfunction occurs when existential themes are unresolved, and
people live a meaningless life.
◍ educate yourself -.
Answer: about your illness
◍ Ask -.
, Answer: a trusted family member or friend
◍ The "Givens" of existence (Yalom).
Answer: ◦ Freedom and Responsibility◦ Isolation◦ Meaninglessness◦ Death
◍ The three forms of the world- "being in the world" (Dimensions of the
World Views) - Existential therapy.
Answer: ◦ Umwelt - the biological world, environment◦ Mitwelt - literally
means "with world" is the relationship with others in society and culture◦
Eigenwelt - "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping
of what something in the world personally means to the individual◦
Überwelt - A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living -
the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
◍ Umwelt.
Answer: the biological world, environment
◍ Mitwelt.
Answer: literally means "with world" is the relationship with others in
society and culture
◍ Eigenwelt.
Answer: "own world" self-awareness and self-relatedness. It is grasping of
what something in the world personally means to the individual
◍ Überwelt.
Answer: A person's connection to abstract and absolute aspects of living -
the ideological beliefs about life, death and existence
◍ Existential approach and philosophy.
Answer: ◦ Explores the here and now without looking into the past and
emphasizes a person's responsibility for their own existence.◦ The approach
is experiential/relational and based on the philosophical concern with what it
means to be fully human.◦ Emphasis is based on understanding the human
experience and focuses on the client rather than the symptom.
◍ Gestalt Therapy.
, Answer: Gestalt, a German word meaning organized whole, recognizes the
unity of humans as integrated wholes, not divided into parts, taken out of
context, or generalized
◍ Key themes and principles of gestalt therapy.
Answer: ◦ The more we work at becoming who or what we are not, the more
we remain the same◦ Authentic change occurs more from being who we are,
rather than trying to be who we are not (ex.- focusing on your inherent
strengths, instead of working on weaknesses)◦ Be here, be now
◍ Know -.
Answer: the medications you take and why you take them
◍ Use -.
Answer: a hospital clinic, surgery center that you have researched
◍ Founder of gestalt therapy.
Answer: ◦ Founded by Fritz Perls
◍ Awareness in Gestalt.
Answer: ◦ The initial goal is for clients to expand their awareness of what
they are experiencing in the present moment◦ Increased awareness is
considered curative and by becoming aware, clients can be integrated, or
whole
◍ participate -.
Answer: in all decisions
◍ 3 domains of learning.
Answer: CognitiveAffectivepsychomotor
◍ "Here and Now" (Gestalt).
Answer: ◦ The focus of Gestalt is NOT on the why of behavior, but rather on
the what and how of behavior & the here and now◦ Gestalt therapists are
sensitive to how the here and now includes residues from the past, such as
body posture, habits, and beliefs
◍ cognitive.
