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NR605 Final Actual Exam Test Bank Newest
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cognitive-behavioral therapy - ...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
• 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
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CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory -
...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 - ...ANSWER...✔✔-treatment of a
wide range of diagnoses
• depression
• anxiety disorders
• substance use disorders
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
• PTSD
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Principles of CBT include: - ...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 -
...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
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• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned
during the therapy session
motivational interviewing (MI) - ...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 - ...ANSWER...✔✔-reduction of
substance use and health promotion
-improving medication adherence in clients with
schizophrenia
MI Guiding Principles - ...ANSWER...✔✔-acceptance
-empathy
NR605 Final Actual Exam Test Bank Newest
2025/2026 With Complete Questions And Correct
Answers |Already Graded A+||Brand New
Version!|
cognitive-behavioral therapy - ...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
• 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
,2|Page
CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory -
...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 - ...ANSWER...✔✔-treatment of a
wide range of diagnoses
• depression
• anxiety disorders
• substance use disorders
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
• PTSD
,3|Page
Principles of CBT include: - ...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 -
...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
, 4|Page
• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned
during the therapy session
motivational interviewing (MI) - ...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 - ...ANSWER...✔✔-reduction of
substance use and health promotion
-improving medication adherence in clients with
schizophrenia
MI Guiding Principles - ...ANSWER...✔✔-acceptance
-empathy
