NSG 526 Clinical Modalities Exam 1 (2024-2025)
Focus determination and session frequency in psychodynamic
therapy - <<<Answers>>>Focus is agreed upon at the start of
treatment, and sessions are held weekly with the total number
determined at the onset of therapy.
Common elements in brief psychodynamic therapies -
<<<Answers>>>Rapid and early assessment, clear expectations
for time-limited therapy, concrete goals focused on improving
worst symptoms and coping skills, and directing interpretations
toward present life circumstances.
Assessment approach in brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Rapid and early assessment.
Goals of brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Concrete goals focused on improving worst
symptoms, enhancing coping skills, and helping the client
understand their current life circumstances.
Focus of interpretations in brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Directed toward present life circumstances and
client behavior rather than historical significance of feelings.
Psychoanalysis - <<<Answers>>>Unique in assuming that
motivating forces derive from unconscious mental processes.
, NSG 526 Clinical Modalities Exam 1 (2024-2025)
Free association - <<<Answers>>>Treatment method where a
client expresses all thoughts freely, allowing unconscious
conflicts to become conscious and available for exploration.
Transference - <<<Answers>>>When the client experiences
feelings toward the therapist originally held toward significant
others.
Countertransference - <<<Answers>>>The therapist's
unconscious, personal response to the client.
Psychosexual stages of development -
<<<Answers>>>Proposed by Freud: Oral, Anal, Phallic,
Latency, and Genital stages.
Oral stage - <<<Answers>>>Primary focus of pleasure is
sucking.
Oedipus complex - <<<Answers>>>Unconscious sexual desires
for his mother and rivalry with his father, according to Freud's
theory.
, NSG 526 Clinical Modalities Exam 1 (2024-2025)
Topographical theory - <<<Answers>>>Three levels of
psychological awareness: unconscious, preconscious, and
conscious.
Personality structure - <<<Answers>>>Comprises the id, the
ego, and the superego according to Freud.
THINC MED mnemonic - <<<Answers>>>A mnemonic used to
spot medical mimics, covering Tumors, Hormones, Infection,
Nutrition, CNS, Miscellaneous, Electrolyte Imbalances & K+
changes, Environmental Toxins, and Drugs.
Tumors - <<<Answers>>>Includes brain, pancreas, and adrenal
gland tumors within the THINC MED mnemonic.
Hormones - <<<Answers>>>Refers to thyroid, parathyroid,
adrenal gland, and gonad-related conditions in the context of the
THINC MED mnemonic.
Infection - <<<Answers>>>Encompasses AIDS, syphilis,
herpes, TB, Lyme disease, mononucleosis, hepatitis, chronic
sinus infection, allergies, strep throat, and systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) within the THINC MED mnemonic.
Focus determination and session frequency in psychodynamic
therapy - <<<Answers>>>Focus is agreed upon at the start of
treatment, and sessions are held weekly with the total number
determined at the onset of therapy.
Common elements in brief psychodynamic therapies -
<<<Answers>>>Rapid and early assessment, clear expectations
for time-limited therapy, concrete goals focused on improving
worst symptoms and coping skills, and directing interpretations
toward present life circumstances.
Assessment approach in brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Rapid and early assessment.
Goals of brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Concrete goals focused on improving worst
symptoms, enhancing coping skills, and helping the client
understand their current life circumstances.
Focus of interpretations in brief psychodynamic therapy -
<<<Answers>>>Directed toward present life circumstances and
client behavior rather than historical significance of feelings.
Psychoanalysis - <<<Answers>>>Unique in assuming that
motivating forces derive from unconscious mental processes.
, NSG 526 Clinical Modalities Exam 1 (2024-2025)
Free association - <<<Answers>>>Treatment method where a
client expresses all thoughts freely, allowing unconscious
conflicts to become conscious and available for exploration.
Transference - <<<Answers>>>When the client experiences
feelings toward the therapist originally held toward significant
others.
Countertransference - <<<Answers>>>The therapist's
unconscious, personal response to the client.
Psychosexual stages of development -
<<<Answers>>>Proposed by Freud: Oral, Anal, Phallic,
Latency, and Genital stages.
Oral stage - <<<Answers>>>Primary focus of pleasure is
sucking.
Oedipus complex - <<<Answers>>>Unconscious sexual desires
for his mother and rivalry with his father, according to Freud's
theory.
, NSG 526 Clinical Modalities Exam 1 (2024-2025)
Topographical theory - <<<Answers>>>Three levels of
psychological awareness: unconscious, preconscious, and
conscious.
Personality structure - <<<Answers>>>Comprises the id, the
ego, and the superego according to Freud.
THINC MED mnemonic - <<<Answers>>>A mnemonic used to
spot medical mimics, covering Tumors, Hormones, Infection,
Nutrition, CNS, Miscellaneous, Electrolyte Imbalances & K+
changes, Environmental Toxins, and Drugs.
Tumors - <<<Answers>>>Includes brain, pancreas, and adrenal
gland tumors within the THINC MED mnemonic.
Hormones - <<<Answers>>>Refers to thyroid, parathyroid,
adrenal gland, and gonad-related conditions in the context of the
THINC MED mnemonic.
Infection - <<<Answers>>>Encompasses AIDS, syphilis,
herpes, TB, Lyme disease, mononucleosis, hepatitis, chronic
sinus infection, allergies, strep throat, and systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) within the THINC MED mnemonic.
