NUR 330 Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which areas are included in the cognitive triad?
a. world
b. present
c. future
d. oneself - CORRECT ANSWER -world future oneself
Which is accurate regarding solution-focused brief therapy?
a. the focus is on the problem
b. the approach challenges the existence of the problem
c. the emphasis is on what is functional and healthful - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A client who is to recieve cognitive behavior therapy asks the nurse, "What will we be focusing on with
this type of therapy?" Which info would be included in the response?
a. achieving more rational thoughts to reduce stress by changing irrational beliefs
b. dysfunctional thinking through the examination of the cognitive triad
c. identification of possible solutions before addressing the problem - CORRECT ANSWER -b
Which is accurate about schema?
a. they are expressly the accumultion of learning
b. they develop late in childhood
c. they are the individual's life rules - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A psych nurse conducts an inserve for psych-mental health nurses about cognitive interventions. After,
the nurse demonstrates that the teaching was successul based on which statement?
a. cognitive interventions focus on having the pt maintain the current view of self
b. cognitive interventions are appropriate for use by any discipline
,c. cognitive interventions are the primary treatment option used during inpatient stays - CORRECT
ANSWER -b
A psych nurse is working with a client diagnosed with depression who is recieving cognitive
interventions. As part of these interventions, the nurse would assess which areas to assess the clients
cognition?
a. level of orientation
b. perception
c. memory
d. judgment - CORRECT ANSWER -bcd
A psych nurse is assessing a client's cognitive triad. The nurse would focus the assessment on the client's
thoughts about which area? Select all that apply
a. present situation
b. self
c. past events
e. world - CORRECT ANSWER -be
A psych nurse is reviewing the interdisciplinary treatment plan for a cleint who is recieving CBT. Which
goal would the nurse most likely identify as the ultimate goal?
a. enhanced personal strengths
b. independent self-care
c. improve problem-solving - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A client is involved with CBT. While working with the client, the therapist explains that the client's
problems are manageable. The therapist is engaged in which step?
a. engagement
b. evaluation
c. intervention - CORRECT ANSWER -b
The nurses's asssessmen tof a child from a dysfunctional family suggests that the child lacks resilience.
What outcome should the nurse identifty after performing appropriate interventions?
, a. the child can set boundaries with new people
b. the child shows theya re empowered to solve lifes problems
c. the child says their stress levels are manageable - CORRECT ANSWER -b
A 14 yo survived a house fire in which a younger sibling died. What assessment finding would support a
diagnosis of PTSD?
a. the pt is fixated on having a fire escape plan
b. the pt idealizes their relationship with the sibling
c. the pt expresses intense guilt for the inability to save the sibling - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A psych nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who has survived trauma. Which outcomes would
the nurse identify as immediate priorties?
a. the cleint will be physically safe
b. the client will express emotions nondestructively
c. the cleint will distuinguid between ideas of self-harm and taking action on those ideas - CORRECT
ANSWER -ac
A pt who experienced serious trauma has been disagnosed with dissociative identify disorder, before
caring for the client, the nurse should prepare for:
a. childlike intellectual development
b. hostility and violence
c. wide variations in the personality that the client exhibits - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A pt developed PTSD after a motor vehicle accicent and is scheduled to begin cogntivie processive
therapy. What outcome should the nurse identify when planning this type of therapy?
a. client will describe complete control other their fear response
b. client will demonstrate breathing exercises to reduce stress
c. client will describe effect of PTSD on ADLs - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A pt with PTSD tell the nurse that the pt's recent CBT therapy has been difficult. The pt states that the pt's
therapist has the pt visualize the sights and sounds from the time they were assaulted. The client is likely
recieving:
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which areas are included in the cognitive triad?
a. world
b. present
c. future
d. oneself - CORRECT ANSWER -world future oneself
Which is accurate regarding solution-focused brief therapy?
a. the focus is on the problem
b. the approach challenges the existence of the problem
c. the emphasis is on what is functional and healthful - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A client who is to recieve cognitive behavior therapy asks the nurse, "What will we be focusing on with
this type of therapy?" Which info would be included in the response?
a. achieving more rational thoughts to reduce stress by changing irrational beliefs
b. dysfunctional thinking through the examination of the cognitive triad
c. identification of possible solutions before addressing the problem - CORRECT ANSWER -b
Which is accurate about schema?
a. they are expressly the accumultion of learning
b. they develop late in childhood
c. they are the individual's life rules - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A psych nurse conducts an inserve for psych-mental health nurses about cognitive interventions. After,
the nurse demonstrates that the teaching was successul based on which statement?
a. cognitive interventions focus on having the pt maintain the current view of self
b. cognitive interventions are appropriate for use by any discipline
,c. cognitive interventions are the primary treatment option used during inpatient stays - CORRECT
ANSWER -b
A psych nurse is working with a client diagnosed with depression who is recieving cognitive
interventions. As part of these interventions, the nurse would assess which areas to assess the clients
cognition?
a. level of orientation
b. perception
c. memory
d. judgment - CORRECT ANSWER -bcd
A psych nurse is assessing a client's cognitive triad. The nurse would focus the assessment on the client's
thoughts about which area? Select all that apply
a. present situation
b. self
c. past events
e. world - CORRECT ANSWER -be
A psych nurse is reviewing the interdisciplinary treatment plan for a cleint who is recieving CBT. Which
goal would the nurse most likely identify as the ultimate goal?
a. enhanced personal strengths
b. independent self-care
c. improve problem-solving - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A client is involved with CBT. While working with the client, the therapist explains that the client's
problems are manageable. The therapist is engaged in which step?
a. engagement
b. evaluation
c. intervention - CORRECT ANSWER -b
The nurses's asssessmen tof a child from a dysfunctional family suggests that the child lacks resilience.
What outcome should the nurse identifty after performing appropriate interventions?
, a. the child can set boundaries with new people
b. the child shows theya re empowered to solve lifes problems
c. the child says their stress levels are manageable - CORRECT ANSWER -b
A 14 yo survived a house fire in which a younger sibling died. What assessment finding would support a
diagnosis of PTSD?
a. the pt is fixated on having a fire escape plan
b. the pt idealizes their relationship with the sibling
c. the pt expresses intense guilt for the inability to save the sibling - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A psych nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who has survived trauma. Which outcomes would
the nurse identify as immediate priorties?
a. the cleint will be physically safe
b. the client will express emotions nondestructively
c. the cleint will distuinguid between ideas of self-harm and taking action on those ideas - CORRECT
ANSWER -ac
A pt who experienced serious trauma has been disagnosed with dissociative identify disorder, before
caring for the client, the nurse should prepare for:
a. childlike intellectual development
b. hostility and violence
c. wide variations in the personality that the client exhibits - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A pt developed PTSD after a motor vehicle accicent and is scheduled to begin cogntivie processive
therapy. What outcome should the nurse identify when planning this type of therapy?
a. client will describe complete control other their fear response
b. client will demonstrate breathing exercises to reduce stress
c. client will describe effect of PTSD on ADLs - CORRECT ANSWER -c
A pt with PTSD tell the nurse that the pt's recent CBT therapy has been difficult. The pt states that the pt's
therapist has the pt visualize the sights and sounds from the time they were assaulted. The client is likely
recieving:
