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NR606 Midterm Exam Latest Update Exam | Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A +
Steps for Obtaining Informed Consent - ANSWER -Assess pt
ability to understand medical info, tx options, to make a
voluntary decision.
-Present relevant info with accuracy and sensitivity:
• diagnosis
• nature & purpose of tx options
• benefits, risks, burdens of all tx options, including forgoing tx
-Document informed consent conversation in the medical
record, including all consent forms.
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy
- ANSWER Developmental considerations
Family involvement
Systems involvement
Resiliency
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Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Developmental considerations - ANSWER -
developmental level will impact how they:
• reason
• approach relationships
• regulate emotion and behavior
• communicate
-Developmental considerations
• inform the diagnostic process
• guide tx planning
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Family involvement - ANSWER -Family
involvement in tx & decision-making
• a norm in child and adolescent psychotherapy
-invite parents to share the hx of the child or adolescent's chief
complaint & prior tx, medical & developmental hx, & behavioral
info privately with the therapist ahead of the session
• avoid feelings of criticism or discouragement
-collaborate with parent or caregiver as a tx partner
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Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Systems involvement - ANSWER -Therapists
must consider the systems that surround children &
adolescents & promote their development
• family
• school
• peers
• the community
-Therapy can help promote the child/adolescent's
socioemotional competence
-help develop a community support system
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Resiliency - ANSWER -therapist work to
promote resiliency in children & adolescents
• using strength-based orientation
-supports:
• functioning
• self-regulation
• deal with challenges they faces
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Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - ANSWER -
Sensorimotor stage: Birth-2 yrs
• cognitive abilities based on reflexes
• object permanence & causality
-Preoperational stage: 2-7yrs
• can use mental representations, symbolic thought, &
language
• thinking is egocentric
-Concrete operational stage: 7-11yrs
• logical operations when thinking/solving problems
• thinking is concrete
-Formal operational stage: 12yrs+
• Adolescent can use abstract reasoning in addition to logical
operations
• Child can understand theories, hypothesize, comprehend
abstract ideas (love & justice)
NR606 Midterm Exam Latest Update Exam | Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A +
Steps for Obtaining Informed Consent - ANSWER -Assess pt
ability to understand medical info, tx options, to make a
voluntary decision.
-Present relevant info with accuracy and sensitivity:
• diagnosis
• nature & purpose of tx options
• benefits, risks, burdens of all tx options, including forgoing tx
-Document informed consent conversation in the medical
record, including all consent forms.
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent psychotherapy
- ANSWER Developmental considerations
Family involvement
Systems involvement
Resiliency
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Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Developmental considerations - ANSWER -
developmental level will impact how they:
• reason
• approach relationships
• regulate emotion and behavior
• communicate
-Developmental considerations
• inform the diagnostic process
• guide tx planning
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Family involvement - ANSWER -Family
involvement in tx & decision-making
• a norm in child and adolescent psychotherapy
-invite parents to share the hx of the child or adolescent's chief
complaint & prior tx, medical & developmental hx, & behavioral
info privately with the therapist ahead of the session
• avoid feelings of criticism or discouragement
-collaborate with parent or caregiver as a tx partner
,3|Page
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Systems involvement - ANSWER -Therapists
must consider the systems that surround children &
adolescents & promote their development
• family
• school
• peers
• the community
-Therapy can help promote the child/adolescent's
socioemotional competence
-help develop a community support system
Underlying assumptions for child and adolescent
psychotherapy: Resiliency - ANSWER -therapist work to
promote resiliency in children & adolescents
• using strength-based orientation
-supports:
• functioning
• self-regulation
• deal with challenges they faces
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Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - ANSWER -
Sensorimotor stage: Birth-2 yrs
• cognitive abilities based on reflexes
• object permanence & causality
-Preoperational stage: 2-7yrs
• can use mental representations, symbolic thought, &
language
• thinking is egocentric
-Concrete operational stage: 7-11yrs
• logical operations when thinking/solving problems
• thinking is concrete
-Formal operational stage: 12yrs+
• Adolescent can use abstract reasoning in addition to logical
operations
• Child can understand theories, hypothesize, comprehend
abstract ideas (love & justice)
