NSG 526 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

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Question 1.
Event interpretation

Correct Answer: should be included for problem-solving therapy for a child
with conduct disorder.


Question 2.
Family therapy

Correct Answer: can promote the greatest change in an adolescent's behavior.


Question 3.
The Developmental Theoretical approach

Correct Answer: describes a family's progression through the lifecycle.


Question 4.
Establishing a therapeutic alliance

Correct Answer: is important because acceptance and trust convey a feeling of
security in an adolescent.


Question 5.
Most children will adopt the same world view

Correct Answer: as their parents (ex. If a child was brought up by parents who
thought the world was hostile they would most likely adopt this view as they
grow older.


Question 6.
Bibliotherapy

Correct Answer: uses books and a librarian as resources.


Question 7.
When conducting a counseling session for a group of at risk adolescents on drug use

Correct Answer: it is important to have their peers involved in teaching some
problem-solving skills.

,Question 8.
Play therapy is important

Correct Answer: because it allows the child to play out their fears and
frustrations.


Question 9.
Therapeutic drawing is a helpful technique

Correct Answer: is a child feels self- blame regarding their parent's divorce.
• Objective observations -✓✓help the most in evaluating outcomes of child
therapy.


Question 10.
Schizoid personality disorder

Correct Answer: Individual psychotherapy is the appropriate modality to use
with this disorder.


Question 11.
The best response by the PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD who has been in
counseling for management of self-harm behaviors who now wants to cut themselves is

Correct Answer: to assist the client to identify an appropriate coping strategy.


Question 12.
Understand that if a client with BPD who was making progress but recently had an
anxiety producing situation arise and now cut herself is that even though this behavior
is dysfunctional,

Correct Answer: it is mostly the patient's best effort to cope.


Question 13.
Self-mutilation is mainly due to

Correct Answer: fear of abandonment or the increase of independence


Question 14.
BPD is often characterized by

Correct Answer: an inability to tolerate perceived rejection.


Question 15.
Patients will respond better to limit setting if

,Correct Answer: the PMHNP can reflect back to the client an understanding
and validation of their emotional distress.


Question 16.
Clients with BPD have not successfully achieved

Correct Answer: the developmental stage of separation-individuation.


Question 17.
Paranoid Personality Disorder

Correct Answer: do not trust others easily, and it's best to use a respectful
neutral approach.
• Paranoid Personality Disorder are -✓✓critical of others because they project
blame for their own shortcomings onto others.


Question 18.
Self-mutilation occurs because

Correct Answer: a client may feel that pain is better than not feeling anything,
it also results from feelings of abandonment, it can be a manipulative gesture,
and it is also happens when a safety plan has been put in place.


Question 19.
DBT helps to

Correct Answer: replace irrational thoughts.


Question 20.
Respecting a client's boundaries

Correct Answer: important in establishing a therapeutic relationship with a
patient with BPD


Question 21.
providing a safe environment

Correct Answer: is the priority for any client who is a victim of a serious
crime/assault


Question 22.
MCI Expectant category

Correct Answer: Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are unlikely
even with definitive care. Persons in this group should be separated from

, other casualties, but not abandoned. Comfort measures should be provided
when possible


Question 23.
Black MCI CATEGORY

Correct Answer: Unresponsive patients with penetrating head wounds, high
spinal cord injuries, wounds involving multiple anatomical sites and organs,
2nd/3rd degree burns in excess of 60% of body surface area, seizures or
vomiting within 24 hr after radiation exposure, profound shock with multiple
injuries, agonal respirations; no pulse, no BP, pupils fixed and dilated.


Question 24.
Mindfulness

Correct Answer: The essential part of all skills taught in skills group are the
core mindfulness skills. Mindfulness is the capacity to pay attention,
non-judgmentally to the present moment. It is derived from teachings of the
Buddha, the Zen tradition being perhaps one of its most well-known
proponents. Mindfulness is all about living in the moment, experiencing your
emotions and all your senses and being aware of them.


Question 25.
The psych NP needs to

Correct Answer: foster a child's healthy characteristics and existing
environmental supports no matter how negative (ex a child lives in a homeless
shelter).


Question 26.
children from different cultures

Correct Answer: develop at different rates


Question 27.
Most psychiatric disorders in children are

Correct Answer: multifactorial.


Question 28.
Paranoid Personality Disorder characteristics

Correct Answer: Characteristics: suspicious of others; fear others will exploit,
harm, or deceive them; fear of confiding in others (fear personal information
will be used against them); misread compliments as manipulation;