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NSG 526 Exam 2, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Psychotherapy Theories, Comprehensive Practice Questions and Verified Answers

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This document contains comprehensive NSG 526 Exam 2 practice questions with verified answers covering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), group therapy, behavioral therapy, cognitive development theories, complementary and alternative therapies, and psychiatric nursing interventions. The material is presented in a question-and-answer format designed to help graduate nursing students master major psychotherapy models, therapeutic factors in group counseling, Piaget’s cognitive development theory, operant conditioning, and evidence-based mental health treatment approaches. Topics also include Aaron Beck’s cognitive theory, Albert Ellis’s rational emotive therapy, Yalom’s therapeutic factors, milieu therapy, interpersonal therapy, biofeedback, therapeutic touch, and behavioral modification techniques. The resource serves as a focused review for psychiatric mental health nursing examinations and advanced practice nursing coursework.

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EXAM 2 NSG 526 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
AND COMPREHENSIVE VERSION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS WITH INSTANT PDF DOWNLOAD
Which one of the following is the focus of interpersonal
therapy?
A)
Anxiety management
B)
Belief systems
C)
Faulty cognitions
D)
Social interaction
D. social interaction


A patient tells the psychiatric advanced practice nurse
she is going to try supplementing her selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor with St. John's wort. Which
action should the psychiatric advanced practice nurse
take first?
a)
Assess the patient for depression and risk for suicide.
b)
Suggest that aromatherapy may produce even better results.
c)
Advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome.
d)
Suggest she consider decreasing the dosage of her antidepressan
C. advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome


Which of the following is not a technique used in cognitive
therapy?
A)
Reattribution
B)
Role-playing
C)
Abreaction
D)

,Developing alternatives
C. Abreaction


The psychiatric advanced practice nurse is developing
the care plan for an 8-year-old child with intermittent
explosive disorder. Based on Piaget, which of the
following goals would be appropriate? The child will:
a)
connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.
b)
generalize the consequences of his anger and aggression to different situations
c)
identify situations in which he is likely to feel abandoned.
d)
experience an increase in autonomous behavior.
A. connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.


In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it is often helpful to view
people as separate from their problems and behaviors. This
empowers them to make changes in their thought patterns
and behaviors. Which type of therapy would utilize this
approach?
A)
Psychoanalysis
B)
Narrative Therapy
C)
Strategic Therapy
D)
Psychodynamic therapy
B. Narrative Therapy


Characteristics of cognitive-behavioral therapy
include:
(Select all that apply.)
a)
Not time limited
b)
Active
c)
Directive

, d)
Collaborative
e)
Unstructured
B. active
C. directive,
D. collaborative.


What theorist is considered the "father of CBT"
Aaron Beck


who developed the cognitive rational emotive theory and theory of behavior change
Albert Ellis


researched operant conditioning, in which voluntary behaviors are learned through
consequences and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a
behavior to occur more frequently.

Skinner


in this theory, Skinner proposed:
A consequence can be a positive reinforcement, such as receiving a reward (getting a 3.8 GPA
after studying hard all semester), or a negative reinforcement, such as the removal of an
objectionable or aversive stimulus (walking freely through a park once the vicious dog is picked
up by the dogcatcher).
operant conditioning


who created the theory of operant conditioning
Skinner


Who is credited with identifying the 12 factors that make groups therapeutic?
Yalom


one of the 12 therapeutic factors (Yalom):

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