NRNP 6645 2026 ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
◉Unconscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is
unaware of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉Conscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware
of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉Conscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware
of their skill or knowledge and can perform it.
◉Unconscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person can
perform a skill or knowledge without conscious thought.
◉Freud's tasks of learning independence and control. Answer:
Associated with problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
◉Standards of care. Answer: Legally binding guidelines that dictate
the minimum acceptable level of care.
,◉Practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations that are not legally
binding and can be more flexible.
◉Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Answer: A system of
psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's thoughts
influence their feelings and behaviors.
◉Primary thinking. Answer: Recognizes indeterminate, negative,
and irrational thinking as part of human action.
◉Secondary thinking. Answer: Recognizes the indeterminate,
negative, and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉Imitative behavior. Answer: A therapeutic benefit that allows
individuals to experiment with new behaviors.
◉Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Answer: Not ideal for patients with
primarily primitive defenses.
◉Dynamic supportive therapy. Answer: A strategy where the nurse
assists the patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and
interpersonal awareness.
, ◉Therapeutic alliance. Answer: The relationship between therapist
and patient that is essential for effective therapy.
◉Cognitive triad. Answer: A concept in CBT that includes
maladaptive thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
◉Universality. Answer: A therapeutic factor where a group member
realizes others share similar feelings of incompetency.
◉Reality testing. Answer: A process in dynamic supportive therapy
that helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and
reality.
◉Psychic determinism. Answer: The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
◉Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: Focuses on
feelings, defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
◉Direct advice. Answer: A strategy in imparting information that
can elucidate interpersonal pathology.
◉Solution focused therapy. Answer: A therapy approach that focuses
on potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
PHARMACOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
◉Unconscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is
unaware of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉Conscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware
of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉Conscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware
of their skill or knowledge and can perform it.
◉Unconscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person can
perform a skill or knowledge without conscious thought.
◉Freud's tasks of learning independence and control. Answer:
Associated with problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
◉Standards of care. Answer: Legally binding guidelines that dictate
the minimum acceptable level of care.
,◉Practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations that are not legally
binding and can be more flexible.
◉Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Answer: A system of
psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's thoughts
influence their feelings and behaviors.
◉Primary thinking. Answer: Recognizes indeterminate, negative,
and irrational thinking as part of human action.
◉Secondary thinking. Answer: Recognizes the indeterminate,
negative, and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉Imitative behavior. Answer: A therapeutic benefit that allows
individuals to experiment with new behaviors.
◉Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Answer: Not ideal for patients with
primarily primitive defenses.
◉Dynamic supportive therapy. Answer: A strategy where the nurse
assists the patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and
interpersonal awareness.
, ◉Therapeutic alliance. Answer: The relationship between therapist
and patient that is essential for effective therapy.
◉Cognitive triad. Answer: A concept in CBT that includes
maladaptive thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
◉Universality. Answer: A therapeutic factor where a group member
realizes others share similar feelings of incompetency.
◉Reality testing. Answer: A process in dynamic supportive therapy
that helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and
reality.
◉Psychic determinism. Answer: The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
◉Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: Focuses on
feelings, defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
◉Direct advice. Answer: A strategy in imparting information that
can elucidate interpersonal pathology.
◉Solution focused therapy. Answer: A therapy approach that focuses
on potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
