CMN 548 MODULE 3 STUDY QUESTIONS | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING
STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist of the
introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase, and the
termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing action during the
working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies. - correct answer ✔✔C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding unwanted, disturbing
emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an explanation of which defense
mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression - correct answer ✔✔D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give insight into age-
appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client teaching, and provide a context
within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of developmental mastery is the ability to give
time and talents to others, and the ability to care for others. This occurs during which of the following
developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence - correct answer ✔✔A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of either idea or
affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content describes which defense
mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization - correct answer ✔✔A. Isolation
This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the Buddhist practice
of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of what they are thinking, to live
in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements about their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy - correct answer ✔✔B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to Piaget?
,A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations - correct answer ✔✔A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy - correct answer ✔✔C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary
significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend to function
in more conscious expressions and conditions. - correct answer ✔✔A. A symbol is representative of or
substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary significance that it does not possess of
itself.
Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor - correct answer ✔✔C. Introjection
Which theorist proposed that individuals were unique, unified biological entities whose psychological
processes fit together into an individual lifestyle, proposed a principle of dynamism, proposed the theory
of psychopathology, and whose personality theory involved the concept of moving from a sense of
inferiority to a sense of mastery?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
B. Franz Alexander
C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney - correct answer ✔✔C. Alfred Adler
_________ refers to a facilitation of the ability to detect/identify a particular stimulus based on a specific
recent experience.
a. New learning capacity
b. Remote memory
c. Priming
d. Infantile amnesia - correct answer ✔✔C. Priming
, Select all that apply. The following are a few characteristics of a therapeutic relationship:
A. Acceptance
B. Respect
C. Authenticity
D. All the above - correct answer ✔✔D. All of the above
Which phase of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship includes clarifying a clients expectations and
mutually setting goals?
a. Working
b. Clarifying
c. Termination
d. Introduction - correct answer ✔✔A. Working
Sense of inferiority; difficulty with working and learning are developmental failures of which stage?
a. Late adulthood
b. Early childhood
c. School-age
d. Early adulthood - correct answer ✔✔C. School-age children
What is the typical onset of schizophrenia for men and women?
a. 18-25 for men; 25-35 for women
b. 25-35 for men; 30-35 for women
c. 20-30 for men; 15-25 for women
d. 12-23 for men; 17-25 for women - correct answer ✔✔A. 18-25 for men; 25-35 for women
Piaget's desire to understand how one comes to know things and how knowledge becomes more
adequate over time led to designating himself a genetic epistemologist who is one who:
A. Studies the development of cognitive changes from infancy to adolescence.
B. Studies the development of knowledge from infancy to late adulthood.
C. Studies the development of genetic traits from adolescence to late adulthood.
D. Studies the development of knowledge from infancy to adolescence. - correct answer ✔✔D. Studies
the development of knowledge from infancy to adolescence
Which of the following is a cognitive development characteristic of Piaget's sensorimotor stage of
intellectual development?
A. Class inclusion and seriation
B. Deferred imitation
C. Insight and object permanence
D. Hypothetical-deductive thinking - correct answer ✔✔C. Insight and object permanence
Ivan Pavlov used dogs to demonstrate classical (Pavlonian) conditioning. In his famous experiment, he
rang a bell and then gave a dog some food. After several rounds, the dogs began to salivate at the sound
of the bell. What is the bell known as in the experiment?
A. Conditional stimulus (CS)
B. Unconditional response (UR)
C. Conditional response (CR)
D. Unconditional stimulus (US) - correct answer ✔✔A. Conditional Stimulus
STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist of the
introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase, and the
termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing action during the
working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies. - correct answer ✔✔C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding unwanted, disturbing
emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an explanation of which defense
mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression - correct answer ✔✔D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give insight into age-
appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client teaching, and provide a context
within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of developmental mastery is the ability to give
time and talents to others, and the ability to care for others. This occurs during which of the following
developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence - correct answer ✔✔A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of either idea or
affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content describes which defense
mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization - correct answer ✔✔A. Isolation
This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the Buddhist practice
of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of what they are thinking, to live
in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements about their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy - correct answer ✔✔B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to Piaget?
,A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations - correct answer ✔✔A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy - correct answer ✔✔C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary
significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend to function
in more conscious expressions and conditions. - correct answer ✔✔A. A symbol is representative of or
substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary significance that it does not possess of
itself.
Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor - correct answer ✔✔C. Introjection
Which theorist proposed that individuals were unique, unified biological entities whose psychological
processes fit together into an individual lifestyle, proposed a principle of dynamism, proposed the theory
of psychopathology, and whose personality theory involved the concept of moving from a sense of
inferiority to a sense of mastery?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
B. Franz Alexander
C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney - correct answer ✔✔C. Alfred Adler
_________ refers to a facilitation of the ability to detect/identify a particular stimulus based on a specific
recent experience.
a. New learning capacity
b. Remote memory
c. Priming
d. Infantile amnesia - correct answer ✔✔C. Priming
, Select all that apply. The following are a few characteristics of a therapeutic relationship:
A. Acceptance
B. Respect
C. Authenticity
D. All the above - correct answer ✔✔D. All of the above
Which phase of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship includes clarifying a clients expectations and
mutually setting goals?
a. Working
b. Clarifying
c. Termination
d. Introduction - correct answer ✔✔A. Working
Sense of inferiority; difficulty with working and learning are developmental failures of which stage?
a. Late adulthood
b. Early childhood
c. School-age
d. Early adulthood - correct answer ✔✔C. School-age children
What is the typical onset of schizophrenia for men and women?
a. 18-25 for men; 25-35 for women
b. 25-35 for men; 30-35 for women
c. 20-30 for men; 15-25 for women
d. 12-23 for men; 17-25 for women - correct answer ✔✔A. 18-25 for men; 25-35 for women
Piaget's desire to understand how one comes to know things and how knowledge becomes more
adequate over time led to designating himself a genetic epistemologist who is one who:
A. Studies the development of cognitive changes from infancy to adolescence.
B. Studies the development of knowledge from infancy to late adulthood.
C. Studies the development of genetic traits from adolescence to late adulthood.
D. Studies the development of knowledge from infancy to adolescence. - correct answer ✔✔D. Studies
the development of knowledge from infancy to adolescence
Which of the following is a cognitive development characteristic of Piaget's sensorimotor stage of
intellectual development?
A. Class inclusion and seriation
B. Deferred imitation
C. Insight and object permanence
D. Hypothetical-deductive thinking - correct answer ✔✔C. Insight and object permanence
Ivan Pavlov used dogs to demonstrate classical (Pavlonian) conditioning. In his famous experiment, he
rang a bell and then gave a dog some food. After several rounds, the dogs began to salivate at the sound
of the bell. What is the bell known as in the experiment?
A. Conditional stimulus (CS)
B. Unconditional response (UR)
C. Conditional response (CR)
D. Unconditional stimulus (US) - correct answer ✔✔A. Conditional Stimulus
