NRNP 6645 Midterm 2025/2026 COMPLETE
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
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ACCURATE!(Graded A+)
Section 1: Foundations of Psychotherapy & Therapeutic Alliance (Questions 1-15)
1. What distinguishes psychoanalytic psychotherapy from other types of therapies?
• A) The focus on problem-solving
• B) The focus on irrational thoughts
• C) The focus on dreams and wishes
• D) The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist ← Correct
Rationale: Psychoanalytic therapy emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and transference as a
window into unconscious processes .
2. Which of the following best describes the therapeutic alliance?
• A) The specific techniques used by the therapist
• B) The collaborative relationship between therapist and client essential for change ←
Correct
• C) The medication management plan
• D) The assessment and diagnostic process
3. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse demonstrates self-awareness (Peplau, 1991)
primarily because it:
• A) Is key to understanding others ← Correct
• B) Increases the likelihood the therapist acts out their own agenda
• C) Allows for nurse-patient boundaries to be safely ignored
, • D) Undermines objectivity
4. According to Benner's role acquisition model, the advanced practice psychiatric nurse with
2-5 years of experience who coordinates complex care and sees situations as wholes with
long-term solutions is functioning at which level?
• A) Novice
• B) Advanced beginner
• C) Competent/Proficient ← Correct
• D) Expert
Rationale: The competent/proficient stage involves viewing situations holistically and planning
long-term .
5. The "Stages of Learning" model includes all of the following EXCEPT:
• A) Unconscious incompetence
• B) Conscious incompetence
• C) Conscious competence
• D) Unconscious incompetence relapse ← Correct
Rationale: The four stages are unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious
competence, and unconscious competence .
6. A patient says to the nurse, "You're the only one who really understands me, unlike my
family." The nurse recognizes this as:
• A) A normal statement
• B) Transference ← Correct
• C) Countertransference
• D) A cognitive distortion
7. The nurse finds herself looking forward to sessions with a particular patient and notices
sessions running longer than scheduled. The nurse recognizes this as:
• A) Gerotransference
• B) Therapeutic intensity
• C) Countertransference ← Correct
, • D) A sign of a close therapeutic relationship
Rationale: Countertransference involves the therapist's emotional reactions to the patient that
may interfere with objectivity .
8. Which of the following is consistent with the literature regarding suicide?
• A) Assessing the patient is of paramount importance for the PMHNP ← Correct
• B) Only psychiatrists should assess suicide risk
• C) Suicide assessment is a one-time event
• D) Hospitalization is always required for any suicidal ideation
9. The primary source for constructive change in a humanistic-existential approach is:
• A) The patient's motivation
• B) The therapist's structure
• C) The therapist-patient relationship ← Correct
• D) The patient-family relationship
Rationale: Humanistic-existential approaches emphasize the therapeutic relationship as the
vehicle for change .
10. Practice guidelines differ from standards of care in that practice guidelines are:
• A) Legally binding
• B) Recommendations that are not legally binding and can be more flexible ← Correct
• C) Developed by insurance companies
• D) Only applicable to inpatient settings
11. Evidence-based guidelines for patient treatment are based on:
• A) Consensus of expert panel
• B) Systematic reviews of case studies
• C) Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ← Correct
• D) A and C
Rationale: Evidence-based guidelines rely on systematic reviews of high-quality studies .
12. Cultural syndromes are best defined as:
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION /GET IT 100%
ACCURATE!(Graded A+)
Section 1: Foundations of Psychotherapy & Therapeutic Alliance (Questions 1-15)
1. What distinguishes psychoanalytic psychotherapy from other types of therapies?
• A) The focus on problem-solving
• B) The focus on irrational thoughts
• C) The focus on dreams and wishes
• D) The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist ← Correct
Rationale: Psychoanalytic therapy emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and transference as a
window into unconscious processes .
2. Which of the following best describes the therapeutic alliance?
• A) The specific techniques used by the therapist
• B) The collaborative relationship between therapist and client essential for change ←
Correct
• C) The medication management plan
• D) The assessment and diagnostic process
3. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse demonstrates self-awareness (Peplau, 1991)
primarily because it:
• A) Is key to understanding others ← Correct
• B) Increases the likelihood the therapist acts out their own agenda
• C) Allows for nurse-patient boundaries to be safely ignored
, • D) Undermines objectivity
4. According to Benner's role acquisition model, the advanced practice psychiatric nurse with
2-5 years of experience who coordinates complex care and sees situations as wholes with
long-term solutions is functioning at which level?
• A) Novice
• B) Advanced beginner
• C) Competent/Proficient ← Correct
• D) Expert
Rationale: The competent/proficient stage involves viewing situations holistically and planning
long-term .
5. The "Stages of Learning" model includes all of the following EXCEPT:
• A) Unconscious incompetence
• B) Conscious incompetence
• C) Conscious competence
• D) Unconscious incompetence relapse ← Correct
Rationale: The four stages are unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious
competence, and unconscious competence .
6. A patient says to the nurse, "You're the only one who really understands me, unlike my
family." The nurse recognizes this as:
• A) A normal statement
• B) Transference ← Correct
• C) Countertransference
• D) A cognitive distortion
7. The nurse finds herself looking forward to sessions with a particular patient and notices
sessions running longer than scheduled. The nurse recognizes this as:
• A) Gerotransference
• B) Therapeutic intensity
• C) Countertransference ← Correct
, • D) A sign of a close therapeutic relationship
Rationale: Countertransference involves the therapist's emotional reactions to the patient that
may interfere with objectivity .
8. Which of the following is consistent with the literature regarding suicide?
• A) Assessing the patient is of paramount importance for the PMHNP ← Correct
• B) Only psychiatrists should assess suicide risk
• C) Suicide assessment is a one-time event
• D) Hospitalization is always required for any suicidal ideation
9. The primary source for constructive change in a humanistic-existential approach is:
• A) The patient's motivation
• B) The therapist's structure
• C) The therapist-patient relationship ← Correct
• D) The patient-family relationship
Rationale: Humanistic-existential approaches emphasize the therapeutic relationship as the
vehicle for change .
10. Practice guidelines differ from standards of care in that practice guidelines are:
• A) Legally binding
• B) Recommendations that are not legally binding and can be more flexible ← Correct
• C) Developed by insurance companies
• D) Only applicable to inpatient settings
11. Evidence-based guidelines for patient treatment are based on:
• A) Consensus of expert panel
• B) Systematic reviews of case studies
• C) Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ← Correct
• D) A and C
Rationale: Evidence-based guidelines rely on systematic reviews of high-quality studies .
12. Cultural syndromes are best defined as:
