NR605 MIDTERM FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What do psychodynamic therapy principles suggest about unconscious
motivations?.
Answer: Unconscious motivations affect behavior.
◍ What is the Biomedical Model of Health?.
Answer: Focuses on biological aspects of illness, prioritizes diagnosis and
medical treatments such as medication or surgeriesExcludes
emotional/social/spiritual influences
◍ How do past experiences influence personality according to psychodynamic
therapy?.
Answer: Past experiences shape personality.
◍ In psychodynamic therapy, how do past experiences affect the present?.
Answer: Past experiences affect the present.
◍ What is the goal of developing insight into patterns of behavior in
psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: It can help with psychological issues.
◍ What role does transference play in psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: Transference can help the individual work through past issues.
◍ What is the Holistic Model of Care?.
Answer: Emphasizes treating the person as a whole. Includes emotional
well-being/social factor/spiritual health. Supports patient-centered
approaches and long-term wellness
◍ What are specific psychotherapy techniques?.
, Answer: Active listeningEmotional connectionEmpathyFostering trust
◍ What is active listening?.
Answer: Demonstrating full attention to clients by paraphrasing and
summarizing their concerns
◍ What is a potential benefit of achieving freedom from the past in
psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: It can help improve life in the future.
◍ What is emotional connection?.
Answer: Establishing rapport through empathy and genuine understanding?
◍ What is demonstrating empathy?.
Answer: Validating emotions to help clients feel seen and heard
◍ Defense Mechanisms.
Answer: Displacement
ProjectionDenialRegressionRepressionRationalizationIntellectualizationSublimation
◍ What is fostering trust?.
Answer: Maintaining confidentiality and consistency in interactions?
◍ What does resilience mean?.
Answer: The ability of an individual, family, or community to cope with
adversity and trauma, and adapt to challenges through individual physical,
emotional, and spiritual attributes, and access to cultural and social
resources
◍ What are stabilization strategies?.
Answer: Techniques like grounding exercises, mindfulness, and relaxation
techniques. Aim to reduce emotional distress and ensure the client feels
secure.
◍ What are the Peplau's Roles?.
Answer: StrangerResourceTeacherCounselorSurrogateLeader
◍ What is the goal of Psychodynamic Therapy?.
Answer: Development of a deeper understanding of self & a desire to create
, change
◍ What are some indications for Psychoanalysis Therapy?.
Answer: Anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive
disorders, personality disorders, & sexual dysfunction
◍ Peplau's Roles: Stranger.
Answer: The nurse offers a welcoming environment to build initial rapport;
creates an environment to built trust
◍ Peplau's Roles: Resource.
Answer: The nurse acts an an information source for the patient's needs and
treatment; provides specific information needed by the client, answers
questions, and interprets clinical data
◍ Peplau's Roles: Teacher.
Answer: The nurse provides education about mental health topics or coping
strategies; imparts relevant knowledge and provides instructions and
training
◍ How often are sessions typically held in Psychoanalysis Therapy?.
Answer: Several sessions per week over several years
◍ Peplau's Roles: Counselor.
Answer: The nurse listens actively and provides emotional support; helps
the client understand and integrate meaning into life's circumstances,
provides guidance and encouragement for change
◍ What is recollection in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Reconstructing the memory of past events.
◍ What is repetition in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Using transference to replay emotions and interactions in a safe
space.
◍ What does working through mean in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Integrating repressed memories into current consciousness.
◍ What is free association in psychoanalysis?.
, Answer: Client talks spontaneously about anything that comes to mind,
allowing thoughts and feelings to surface more easily.
◍ What is transference in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Client redirects feelings for a significant person in their lives onto
the psychotherapist and explores the relationship to resolve conflict.
◍ What is interpretation in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: The psychotherapist interprets the client's discussions to identify
unconscious feelings and learn new behavior patterns.
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: directed at interpreting unconscious conflict & gaining insight
◍ Therapeutic Alliance.
Answer: Collaborative relationship between therapist and patient.
◍ What is the focus of Supportive Psychotherapy?.
Answer: Enhancing coping, emotional support, and stabilization through
anxiety reduction, defense stabilization, and improved problem solving.
◍ Peplau's Roles: Surrogate.
Answer: The nurse steps into roles that the patient cannot manage
themselves temporarily; helps clarify domains of dependence,
interdependence, and independence (acts as an advocate)
◍ Who are the typical clients for Supportive Psychotherapy?.
Answer: Clients experiencing emotional distress, problems in living, and
specific stressful situations, including those with psychotic personality
organization, preoccupied or overly emotional attachment style, and
immature defenses.
◍ Peplau's Roles: Leader.
Answer: The nurse guides collaborative decision-making and helps set
achievable goals; helps the client take maximum responsibility for meeting
treatment goals
◍ What is the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What do psychodynamic therapy principles suggest about unconscious
motivations?.
Answer: Unconscious motivations affect behavior.
◍ What is the Biomedical Model of Health?.
Answer: Focuses on biological aspects of illness, prioritizes diagnosis and
medical treatments such as medication or surgeriesExcludes
emotional/social/spiritual influences
◍ How do past experiences influence personality according to psychodynamic
therapy?.
Answer: Past experiences shape personality.
◍ In psychodynamic therapy, how do past experiences affect the present?.
Answer: Past experiences affect the present.
◍ What is the goal of developing insight into patterns of behavior in
psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: It can help with psychological issues.
◍ What role does transference play in psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: Transference can help the individual work through past issues.
◍ What is the Holistic Model of Care?.
Answer: Emphasizes treating the person as a whole. Includes emotional
well-being/social factor/spiritual health. Supports patient-centered
approaches and long-term wellness
◍ What are specific psychotherapy techniques?.
, Answer: Active listeningEmotional connectionEmpathyFostering trust
◍ What is active listening?.
Answer: Demonstrating full attention to clients by paraphrasing and
summarizing their concerns
◍ What is a potential benefit of achieving freedom from the past in
psychodynamic therapy?.
Answer: It can help improve life in the future.
◍ What is emotional connection?.
Answer: Establishing rapport through empathy and genuine understanding?
◍ What is demonstrating empathy?.
Answer: Validating emotions to help clients feel seen and heard
◍ Defense Mechanisms.
Answer: Displacement
ProjectionDenialRegressionRepressionRationalizationIntellectualizationSublimation
◍ What is fostering trust?.
Answer: Maintaining confidentiality and consistency in interactions?
◍ What does resilience mean?.
Answer: The ability of an individual, family, or community to cope with
adversity and trauma, and adapt to challenges through individual physical,
emotional, and spiritual attributes, and access to cultural and social
resources
◍ What are stabilization strategies?.
Answer: Techniques like grounding exercises, mindfulness, and relaxation
techniques. Aim to reduce emotional distress and ensure the client feels
secure.
◍ What are the Peplau's Roles?.
Answer: StrangerResourceTeacherCounselorSurrogateLeader
◍ What is the goal of Psychodynamic Therapy?.
Answer: Development of a deeper understanding of self & a desire to create
, change
◍ What are some indications for Psychoanalysis Therapy?.
Answer: Anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive
disorders, personality disorders, & sexual dysfunction
◍ Peplau's Roles: Stranger.
Answer: The nurse offers a welcoming environment to build initial rapport;
creates an environment to built trust
◍ Peplau's Roles: Resource.
Answer: The nurse acts an an information source for the patient's needs and
treatment; provides specific information needed by the client, answers
questions, and interprets clinical data
◍ Peplau's Roles: Teacher.
Answer: The nurse provides education about mental health topics or coping
strategies; imparts relevant knowledge and provides instructions and
training
◍ How often are sessions typically held in Psychoanalysis Therapy?.
Answer: Several sessions per week over several years
◍ Peplau's Roles: Counselor.
Answer: The nurse listens actively and provides emotional support; helps
the client understand and integrate meaning into life's circumstances,
provides guidance and encouragement for change
◍ What is recollection in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Reconstructing the memory of past events.
◍ What is repetition in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Using transference to replay emotions and interactions in a safe
space.
◍ What does working through mean in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Integrating repressed memories into current consciousness.
◍ What is free association in psychoanalysis?.
, Answer: Client talks spontaneously about anything that comes to mind,
allowing thoughts and feelings to surface more easily.
◍ What is transference in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: Client redirects feelings for a significant person in their lives onto
the psychotherapist and explores the relationship to resolve conflict.
◍ What is interpretation in psychoanalysis?.
Answer: The psychotherapist interprets the client's discussions to identify
unconscious feelings and learn new behavior patterns.
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: directed at interpreting unconscious conflict & gaining insight
◍ Therapeutic Alliance.
Answer: Collaborative relationship between therapist and patient.
◍ What is the focus of Supportive Psychotherapy?.
Answer: Enhancing coping, emotional support, and stabilization through
anxiety reduction, defense stabilization, and improved problem solving.
◍ Peplau's Roles: Surrogate.
Answer: The nurse steps into roles that the patient cannot manage
themselves temporarily; helps clarify domains of dependence,
interdependence, and independence (acts as an advocate)
◍ Who are the typical clients for Supportive Psychotherapy?.
Answer: Clients experiencing emotional distress, problems in living, and
specific stressful situations, including those with psychotic personality
organization, preoccupied or overly emotional attachment style, and
immature defenses.
◍ Peplau's Roles: Leader.
Answer: The nurse guides collaborative decision-making and helps set
achievable goals; helps the client take maximum responsibility for meeting
treatment goals
◍ What is the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?.
