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• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
The patient is a 56-year-old female patient diagnosed with panic disorder and
reports symptoms that include heart palpitations, frequent trembling, and
feelings of choking in stressful situations. What special consideration does the
PMHNP make?
Selected
Answer: D.
A and B
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who experiences anxiety around her
parents that later leads to poor impulse control. What will the PMHNP do to
employ psychodynamic psychotherapy properly for this patient?
Selected
Answer: D.
All of the above
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who has insomnia and battles going to
sleep. The patient reports consistent self-defeating behaviors, and hates trying
to go to sleep. Which action made by the PMHNP demonstrates the use of a
paradoxical intervention?
Selected
Answer: B.
Telling the patient to resist sleep and stay awake
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who witnessed her father pass away after
suffering for several months from terminal cancer. The PMHNP sees this as a
traumatic event. The patient reports sometimes feeling out of touch with
surroundings; almost as if things feel like a dream. “Sometimes that sensation
lingers for a while,” the patient says, “and other times I snap out of it quickly.”
What does the PMHNP infer about the condition based on psychotherapy
concepts for trauma?
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Selected
Answer: D.
All of the above.
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• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A new patient has been informed of the limits of confidentiality, and has signed
informed consent forms. No consent, however, has been obtained for voluntary
“Release of Information.” The patient is 20 years old and still lives at home with
his parents. He is being treated for depression, which he attributes to the
trouble he’s had finding employment.
True or false: If the patient’s mother calls the PMHNP to check up on her son to
see how he is doing, the therapist is required to protect patient confidentiality
and not disclose information.
Selected
Tru
Answer:
e
• Question 6
0 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is having a therapy session with Charlotte, a 20-year-old victim of
date rape. The patient states, “I shouldn’t have been there; I should have just
gone home. This was all my fault; how could I have been so stupid?” Using the
Socratic method, what is the PMHNP’s best response?
Selected
Answer: B.
“Can you recall exactly what stopped you from going home
when you originally wanted to go home?”
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a 38-year-old divorced, single mother who has
been seeing the PMHNP for anxiety and anger management. During one of the
sessions, the patient tells the PMHNP that she is having a problem getting her
child support payments from her ex-husband, which is triggering increased
anxiety and anger, which she admittedly takes out on her children. How does
the PMHNP respond in a way that upholds the supportive psychodynamic
psychotherapy approach?
Selected
Answer: B.
Suggesting that she seek legal help
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient named Steve is seeking therapy to get help with his home situation,
stating that he has been stressed since his mother-in-law moved into the house.
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What can the PMHNP do to assist the patient in constructing a narrative?
Selected
Answer: B.
Elicit details so Steve becomes more self-disclosing and self-examining
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is caring for a patient with dissociated self-state that the PMHNP
identifies as being associated with traumatic experiences in the patient’s past.
What approach does the PMHNP use with the patient that is crucial to the
psychodynamic therapy process?
Selected A.
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• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
The patient is a 56-year-old female patient diagnosed with panic disorder and
reports symptoms that include heart palpitations, frequent trembling, and
feelings of choking in stressful situations. What special consideration does the
PMHNP make?
Selected
Answer: D.
A and B
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who experiences anxiety around her
parents that later leads to poor impulse control. What will the PMHNP do to
employ psychodynamic psychotherapy properly for this patient?
Selected
Answer: D.
All of the above
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who has insomnia and battles going to
sleep. The patient reports consistent self-defeating behaviors, and hates trying
to go to sleep. Which action made by the PMHNP demonstrates the use of a
paradoxical intervention?
Selected
Answer: B.
Telling the patient to resist sleep and stay awake
• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is working with a patient who witnessed her father pass away after
suffering for several months from terminal cancer. The PMHNP sees this as a
traumatic event. The patient reports sometimes feeling out of touch with
surroundings; almost as if things feel like a dream. “Sometimes that sensation
lingers for a while,” the patient says, “and other times I snap out of it quickly.”
What does the PMHNP infer about the condition based on psychotherapy
concepts for trauma?
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Selected
Answer: D.
All of the above.
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• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A new patient has been informed of the limits of confidentiality, and has signed
informed consent forms. No consent, however, has been obtained for voluntary
“Release of Information.” The patient is 20 years old and still lives at home with
his parents. He is being treated for depression, which he attributes to the
trouble he’s had finding employment.
True or false: If the patient’s mother calls the PMHNP to check up on her son to
see how he is doing, the therapist is required to protect patient confidentiality
and not disclose information.
Selected
Tru
Answer:
e
• Question 6
0 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is having a therapy session with Charlotte, a 20-year-old victim of
date rape. The patient states, “I shouldn’t have been there; I should have just
gone home. This was all my fault; how could I have been so stupid?” Using the
Socratic method, what is the PMHNP’s best response?
Selected
Answer: B.
“Can you recall exactly what stopped you from going home
when you originally wanted to go home?”
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is meeting with a 38-year-old divorced, single mother who has
been seeing the PMHNP for anxiety and anger management. During one of the
sessions, the patient tells the PMHNP that she is having a problem getting her
child support payments from her ex-husband, which is triggering increased
anxiety and anger, which she admittedly takes out on her children. How does
the PMHNP respond in a way that upholds the supportive psychodynamic
psychotherapy approach?
Selected
Answer: B.
Suggesting that she seek legal help
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient named Steve is seeking therapy to get help with his home situation,
stating that he has been stressed since his mother-in-law moved into the house.
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What can the PMHNP do to assist the patient in constructing a narrative?
Selected
Answer: B.
Elicit details so Steve becomes more self-disclosing and self-examining
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The PMHNP is caring for a patient with dissociated self-state that the PMHNP
identifies as being associated with traumatic experiences in the patient’s past.
What approach does the PMHNP use with the patient that is crucial to the
psychodynamic therapy process?
Selected A.
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