NR605 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
TESTED AND APPROVED GRADED A+
2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE!!!
motivational interviewing (MI) --CORRECT ANSWER---helps individuals
prepare for change
-person-centered, evidence-based approach to behavior change
-using a collaborative, goal-oriented communication style
-empowers clients to draw on their meanings & capacities to facilitate change
• addressing issues with ambivalence and resistance
-grew out of William R. Miller's clinical practice working with clients with
substance use disorders in the 1980s
• collaborated with Stephen Rollnick to write book: Motivational interviewing
Indications for MI --CORRECT ANSWER---reduction of substance use and
health promotion
-improving medication adherence in clients with schizophrenia
MI Guiding Principles --CORRECT ANSWER---acceptance
-empathy
-compassion
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,-respect of client autonomy
-acknowledgment of the client's strengths & efforts
-Spirit of MI
• Partnership, compassion, acceptance, evocation
MI Role of the Psychotherapist --CORRECT ANSWER--represented by the
mnemonic RULE:
Resist the righting reflex
Understand the patient's motivation
Listen to the patient
Empower the patient
cognitive-behavioral therapy --CORRECT ANSWER---focus on how well
individuals can adapt cognitively and functionally to their environments
-short-term, structured, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy
-stresses necessity of challenging maladaptive thoughts that lead to behavioral
problems
-first emerged in 1955
-most widely practiced psychotherapy
-help clients recognize and address cognitive distortions
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,• by Albert Ellis, widely known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy
-Beck
• originally trained in psychoanalysis, pioneered cognitive therapy in the 1960s,
through his research on depression
• also developed the popular Depression Inventory instrument
CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory --CORRECT ANSWER---Orem's self-
care deficit nursing theory
• provides a framework to view CBT as a supportive intervention
• fosters effective self-care behaviors
-Roy's Adaptation Theory
• premise that individuals use coping mechanisms to adapt to stimuli, both
internal and external
• share underpinnings with CBT.
Indications for CBT --CORRECT ANSWER---treatment of a wide range of
diagnoses
• depression
• anxiety disorders
• substance use disorders
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
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, • PTSD
Principles of CBT include: --CORRECT ANSWER---way an ind cognitively
structures thoughts about self & the world determines how the ind feels &
behaves
-Dysfunctional thoughts are rooted in irrational assumptions
-Dysfunctional thinking and learned patterns of maladaptive behavior contribute
to psychological problems
-Ind's can learn more adaptive behaviors which can relieve symptoms &
improve quality of life
-CBT is (+) & stresses collaboration & active participation
-CBT includes action plans in the form of therapy homework
Role of the Psychotherapist in CBT --CORRECT ANSWER---using a
structured, collaborative approach to help clients recognize and reevaluate
cognitive distortions
-help clients:
• better understand the behaviors of others
• develop improved coping skills
-Psychoeducation
-Homework
• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned during the therapy
session
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
TESTED AND APPROVED GRADED A+
2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE!!!
motivational interviewing (MI) --CORRECT ANSWER---helps individuals
prepare for change
-person-centered, evidence-based approach to behavior change
-using a collaborative, goal-oriented communication style
-empowers clients to draw on their meanings & capacities to facilitate change
• addressing issues with ambivalence and resistance
-grew out of William R. Miller's clinical practice working with clients with
substance use disorders in the 1980s
• collaborated with Stephen Rollnick to write book: Motivational interviewing
Indications for MI --CORRECT ANSWER---reduction of substance use and
health promotion
-improving medication adherence in clients with schizophrenia
MI Guiding Principles --CORRECT ANSWER---acceptance
-empathy
-compassion
Page 1 of 98
,-respect of client autonomy
-acknowledgment of the client's strengths & efforts
-Spirit of MI
• Partnership, compassion, acceptance, evocation
MI Role of the Psychotherapist --CORRECT ANSWER--represented by the
mnemonic RULE:
Resist the righting reflex
Understand the patient's motivation
Listen to the patient
Empower the patient
cognitive-behavioral therapy --CORRECT ANSWER---focus on how well
individuals can adapt cognitively and functionally to their environments
-short-term, structured, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy
-stresses necessity of challenging maladaptive thoughts that lead to behavioral
problems
-first emerged in 1955
-most widely practiced psychotherapy
-help clients recognize and address cognitive distortions
Page 2 of 98
,• by Albert Ellis, widely known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy
-Beck
• originally trained in psychoanalysis, pioneered cognitive therapy in the 1960s,
through his research on depression
• also developed the popular Depression Inventory instrument
CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory --CORRECT ANSWER---Orem's self-
care deficit nursing theory
• provides a framework to view CBT as a supportive intervention
• fosters effective self-care behaviors
-Roy's Adaptation Theory
• premise that individuals use coping mechanisms to adapt to stimuli, both
internal and external
• share underpinnings with CBT.
Indications for CBT --CORRECT ANSWER---treatment of a wide range of
diagnoses
• depression
• anxiety disorders
• substance use disorders
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
Page 3 of 98
, • PTSD
Principles of CBT include: --CORRECT ANSWER---way an ind cognitively
structures thoughts about self & the world determines how the ind feels &
behaves
-Dysfunctional thoughts are rooted in irrational assumptions
-Dysfunctional thinking and learned patterns of maladaptive behavior contribute
to psychological problems
-Ind's can learn more adaptive behaviors which can relieve symptoms &
improve quality of life
-CBT is (+) & stresses collaboration & active participation
-CBT includes action plans in the form of therapy homework
Role of the Psychotherapist in CBT --CORRECT ANSWER---using a
structured, collaborative approach to help clients recognize and reevaluate
cognitive distortions
-help clients:
• better understand the behaviors of others
• develop improved coping skills
-Psychoeducation
-Homework
• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned during the therapy
session
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