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NURS 661 Exam Review (100+ Qs) | Psychotherapy, Neurobiology, EMDR, CBT, Personality Disorders | 2025/2026 – Advanced Nursing – Chamberlain University

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This in-depth document contains over 100 verified and graded exam questions and answers for NURS 661, a graduate-level psychiatric-mental health course at Chamberlain University, covering the 2025/2026 academic year. Structured for advanced practice nursing students, this resource dives into essential topics across psychotherapy models, psychiatric diagnoses, neurobiology, therapeutic communication, and psychopharmacology foundations. The content covers a wide range of critical mental health frameworks and clinical theories, including: The stages of clinical competency (novice to expert) Neurobiological principles: neurotransmitters (GABA, dopamine, glutamate), neuroplasticity, cortisol, acetylcholine Psychotherapy types: classical psychodynamic therapy, relational psychodynamic, expressive, supportive, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, EMDR (with 8-phase protocol), Gestalt therapy Defense mechanisms and coping patterns (repression, regression, denial, projection, sublimation) Developmental psychology: psychosexual stages, object constancy, attachment theory Communication styles and therapeutic interviewing: open/closed questions, empathetic statements, motivational interviewing (engagement, evoking, focusing, planning), Socratic dialogue Personality disorders (Borderline, Avoidant, Dependent, OCPD) and behavioral characteristics Cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, social skills training, and shame-attacking exercises Theoretical models such as Diathesis-Stress and Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) This document is perfect for: Graduate-level students in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) programs DNP, MSN, and APRN students preparing for board exams or clinical assessments Candidates preparing for ANCC certification or comprehensive final exams Professionals reviewing advanced psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, and mental health frameworks Whether you're preparing for a high-stakes exam or reinforcing key therapeutic models and neuroscientific principles, this document is a valuable study companion. Keywords: NURS 661, psychotherapy models, defense mechanisms, EMDR, CBT, motivational interviewing, neurobiology, neurotransmitters, personality disorders, Gestalt therapy, object constancy, coping styles, psychiatric nursing, Chamberlain University, PMHNP exam, advanced mental health nursing

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Unconscious incompetency: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Novice no experience,

governed by rules and regulations


2.Conscious incompetency: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Advanced beginner

recognizes aspects of situations and makes


3.Conscious competency: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Competency/Proficiency 2 to 5

years' experience, coordinates complex care and sees situations as

wholes, and long-term solutions


4U.nconscious competency - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Expert flexible, efficient, and

uses intuition.


Attunement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔describes how reactive a person is to

another's emotional needs and moods. A person who is well attuned will

,respond with appropriate language and behaviors based on another

person's emotional state. Are you able to read social cues? Verbal or non-

verbal, whether to engage with it or not


Egocentrism: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔is the inability to differentiate between self

and other. More specifically, it is the inability to untangle subjective

schemas from objective reality and an inability to accurately assume or

understand any perspective other than one's own. All about me, especially

in teens and kids.


Minimizing: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔downplaying the significance of an event or

emotion—is a common strategy in dealing with feelings of guilt. In teens.

Not to minimizing patient's problem. Normalizing their situation is good but

not minimizing.


Neuroplasticity: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔also known as brain plasticity,

neuroelasticity, or neural plasticity, is the ability of the brain (cortex) to

change continuously throughout an individual's life, e.g., brain activity

associated with a given function can be transferred to a different location,

the proportion of grey matter can change, and synapses may strengthen or

weaken over time. Therapy can help to change the brain.

, Nurturing: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the entirety of climate-related aspects which

impact the growth and actions of an individual. Psychologists have

displayed specific interest in sociosocial and ecological factors, like family

characteristics, child-rearing traditions, and economic status. Can be

immature or maladaptive


Overdeterminism: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔occurs when a single-observed effect is

determined by multiple causes, any one of which alone would be sufficient

to account for the effect. That is, there are more causes present than are

necessary to cause the effect. Problem may come from different source.


Reframing: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Developing a new conceptual or emotional

outlook relating to situations experienced, and putting it into another frame

which follows the facts or evidence equally well, changing its whole

definition. Reconstruction of a subject's experiential view to impart a more

positive view of it. Method for changing self-defeating thought processes by

consciously inserting more positive ones. Restarting


Resilience - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ability to adapt or rebound quickly from

change, illness, or bad fortune. Also known as: psychic resilience;

psychological resilience. Able to handle stress. May have a genetic

component.

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