NURSING 3 Official CBMT QandA 2022_ Guaranteed Success..

1. A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and inability to concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music therapist should FIRST A.observe the student in other classes. B. discuss concerns with the guidance counselor. C. identify current stressors in the student's life. D. review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). 2. A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention would be to recommend that the wife A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband. B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another. C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music. D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music. 3. A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax and sleep. During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST direction for the music therapist to take is to A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life. B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep. C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure. D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up visits. 4. A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular dementia and the client's daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter continues to encourage the client to be active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST response? A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and combativeness. B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with disease progression. C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately. D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions. - 5. When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to behaviors observed, not interpretation, is considered A. subjective. B. irrelevant. C. prejudicial. D. objective