NR605 Midterm Exam questions with
correct answers
Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-nonpharmacological
intervention
-used to tx mental health diagnoses or distress
-help clients improve functioning and well-being
-talk therapy
-provided by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage
and family therapists, counselors, and PMHNPs
-may include individual, couple, family, or group sessions
-Goals: symptom reduction, improvement in functioning, relapse
prevention, empowerment, achievement of collaborative goals set
by the client & therapist.
Methods of Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Intraprofessional Collaboration
-the interaction and efforts between two disciplines with the same
profession
• Potential barriers: tension, large team size, high turnover, lack of
,familiarity and common goals, role ambiguity, generational
differences, and lack of undergraduate nursing education on
intraprofessional practice.
Transprofessional Collaboration
-includes communication with various disciplines: physicians,
physical/occupational therapy, and social services, along with
others to ensure care is delivered safely
• Potential barrier: lack of training
Role of PMHNPs in Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
unique, full-spectrum approach
-may provide psychotherapy in addition to prescribing medications
-providing client and family education
-coordinating care and referrals as a part of the treatment plan
-provide psychotherapy in a variety of ambulatory, emergency
department, inpatient, and outpatient settings
Holistic Paradigm of Healing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-holistic
model of care with a focus on healing
-Holistic therapy respects the complexity of each unique individual
,• appreciating the relationship between the client's mind, body, and
spirit
• recognizing the interdependence of all parts of the human system
-Foundational to healing is the relationship between the client and
therapist
• Emotional connection in the relationship is critical to the success
of psychotherapy
• PMHNP approaches the nurse-client relationship with
acceptance, empathy, patience, and kindness to create a space for
healing
-psychotherapy can help the individual accept dysregulation and
disharmony in the present moment
• achieves acceptance of the present, they may be able to let go of
resistance, relax, and release fears
Theoretical Models in Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Health Belief Model
Transtheoretical Model of Change
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWERS
, ✔✔framework for understanding client motivation
-first four levels of need in the hierarchy (physiological needs,
safety, love and belonging, and esteem) are sometimes referred to
as deficiency needs (D-needs)
• Motivation decreases once D-needs are met
-highest level of need, self-actualization, is considered a growth or
being need (B-need)
• Once D-needs are met, clients can focus on self-actualization and
personal growth
• As the B-need is met, motivation for further growth increases
self-actualized person - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is self-fulfilled
-Qualities exhibited by the self-actualized person include
independence, autonomy, creativity, and maturity
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔TOP: Self-actualization
-Morality, creativity, spontaneity, lack of prejudice, acceptance of
facts
Esteem
correct answers
Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-nonpharmacological
intervention
-used to tx mental health diagnoses or distress
-help clients improve functioning and well-being
-talk therapy
-provided by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage
and family therapists, counselors, and PMHNPs
-may include individual, couple, family, or group sessions
-Goals: symptom reduction, improvement in functioning, relapse
prevention, empowerment, achievement of collaborative goals set
by the client & therapist.
Methods of Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Intraprofessional Collaboration
-the interaction and efforts between two disciplines with the same
profession
• Potential barriers: tension, large team size, high turnover, lack of
,familiarity and common goals, role ambiguity, generational
differences, and lack of undergraduate nursing education on
intraprofessional practice.
Transprofessional Collaboration
-includes communication with various disciplines: physicians,
physical/occupational therapy, and social services, along with
others to ensure care is delivered safely
• Potential barrier: lack of training
Role of PMHNPs in Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
unique, full-spectrum approach
-may provide psychotherapy in addition to prescribing medications
-providing client and family education
-coordinating care and referrals as a part of the treatment plan
-provide psychotherapy in a variety of ambulatory, emergency
department, inpatient, and outpatient settings
Holistic Paradigm of Healing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-holistic
model of care with a focus on healing
-Holistic therapy respects the complexity of each unique individual
,• appreciating the relationship between the client's mind, body, and
spirit
• recognizing the interdependence of all parts of the human system
-Foundational to healing is the relationship between the client and
therapist
• Emotional connection in the relationship is critical to the success
of psychotherapy
• PMHNP approaches the nurse-client relationship with
acceptance, empathy, patience, and kindness to create a space for
healing
-psychotherapy can help the individual accept dysregulation and
disharmony in the present moment
• achieves acceptance of the present, they may be able to let go of
resistance, relax, and release fears
Theoretical Models in Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Health Belief Model
Transtheoretical Model of Change
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWERS
, ✔✔framework for understanding client motivation
-first four levels of need in the hierarchy (physiological needs,
safety, love and belonging, and esteem) are sometimes referred to
as deficiency needs (D-needs)
• Motivation decreases once D-needs are met
-highest level of need, self-actualization, is considered a growth or
being need (B-need)
• Once D-needs are met, clients can focus on self-actualization and
personal growth
• As the B-need is met, motivation for further growth increases
self-actualized person - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is self-fulfilled
-Qualities exhibited by the self-actualized person include
independence, autonomy, creativity, and maturity
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔TOP: Self-actualization
-Morality, creativity, spontaneity, lack of prejudice, acceptance of
facts
Esteem
