NSG 526 ADVANCED PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXAM 2 |COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED EXPERT SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST
UPDATED
1. Which one of the following is the focus of interpersonal therapy?
A)
Anxiety management
B)
Belief systems
C)
Faulty cognitions
D)
Social interaction: D. social interaction
2. A patient tells the psychiatric advanced practice nurse she is going to try supplementing
her selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with St. John's wort. Which action should the
psychiatric advanced practice nurse take first? a)
Assess the patient for depression and risk for suicide. b)
Suggest that aromatherapy may produce even better results. c)
Advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome. d)
Suggest she consider decreasing the dosage of her antidepressan: C. advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome
3. Which of the following is not a technique used in cognitive therapy?
A)
Reattribution
B)
,Role-playing
C)
Abreaction
D)
Developing alternatives: C. Abreaction
4. The psychiatric advanced practice nurse is developing the care plan for an 8-year-old
child with intermittent explosive disorder. Based on Piaget, which of the following goals would
be appropriate? The child will: a) connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.
b)
generalize the consequences of his anger and aggression to different situations c) identify situations in which he is
likely to feel abandoned. d)
experience an increase in autonomous behavior.: A. connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.
5. In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it is often helpful to view people as separate from their
problems and behaviors. This empowers them to make changes in their thought patterns and
behaviors. Which type of therapy would utilize this approach?
A)
Psychoanalysis
B)
Narrative Therapy
C)
Strategic Therapy
D)
Psychodynamic therapy: B. Narrative Therapy
6. Characteristics of cognitive-behavioral therapy include:
(Select all that apply.)
, a)
Not time limited b)
Active c)
Directive
d)
Collaborative e)
Unstructured: B. active
C. directive,
D. collaborative.
7. What theorist is considered the "father of CBT": Aaron Beck
8. who developed the cognitive rational emotive theory and theory of behavior change: Albert Ellis
9. researched operant conditioning, in which voluntary behaviors are learned through consequences and behavioral
responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a behavior to occur more frequently.: Skinner 10. in this
theory, Skinner proposed:
A consequence can be a positive reinforcement, such as receiving a reward (getting a 3.8 GPA after studying hard all
semester), or a negative reinforcement, such as the removal of an objectionable or aversive stimulus (walking freely
through a park once the vicious dog is picked up by the dogcatcher).: operant conditioning
11. who created the theory of operant conditioning: Skinner
12. Who is credited with identifying the 12 factors that make groups therapeutic?: Yalom
13. one of the 12 therapeutic factors (Yalom):
The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among group members and that these may be widespread or
universal human concerns, serves to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate their experiences, and raise
self-esteem.: Universality
QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED EXPERT SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST
UPDATED
1. Which one of the following is the focus of interpersonal therapy?
A)
Anxiety management
B)
Belief systems
C)
Faulty cognitions
D)
Social interaction: D. social interaction
2. A patient tells the psychiatric advanced practice nurse she is going to try supplementing
her selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with St. John's wort. Which action should the
psychiatric advanced practice nurse take first? a)
Assess the patient for depression and risk for suicide. b)
Suggest that aromatherapy may produce even better results. c)
Advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome. d)
Suggest she consider decreasing the dosage of her antidepressan: C. advise her of the danger of serotonin syndrome
3. Which of the following is not a technique used in cognitive therapy?
A)
Reattribution
B)
,Role-playing
C)
Abreaction
D)
Developing alternatives: C. Abreaction
4. The psychiatric advanced practice nurse is developing the care plan for an 8-year-old
child with intermittent explosive disorder. Based on Piaget, which of the following goals would
be appropriate? The child will: a) connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.
b)
generalize the consequences of his anger and aggression to different situations c) identify situations in which he is
likely to feel abandoned. d)
experience an increase in autonomous behavior.: A. connect consequences of his behavior with the behavior itself.
5. In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it is often helpful to view people as separate from their
problems and behaviors. This empowers them to make changes in their thought patterns and
behaviors. Which type of therapy would utilize this approach?
A)
Psychoanalysis
B)
Narrative Therapy
C)
Strategic Therapy
D)
Psychodynamic therapy: B. Narrative Therapy
6. Characteristics of cognitive-behavioral therapy include:
(Select all that apply.)
, a)
Not time limited b)
Active c)
Directive
d)
Collaborative e)
Unstructured: B. active
C. directive,
D. collaborative.
7. What theorist is considered the "father of CBT": Aaron Beck
8. who developed the cognitive rational emotive theory and theory of behavior change: Albert Ellis
9. researched operant conditioning, in which voluntary behaviors are learned through consequences and behavioral
responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a behavior to occur more frequently.: Skinner 10. in this
theory, Skinner proposed:
A consequence can be a positive reinforcement, such as receiving a reward (getting a 3.8 GPA after studying hard all
semester), or a negative reinforcement, such as the removal of an objectionable or aversive stimulus (walking freely
through a park once the vicious dog is picked up by the dogcatcher).: operant conditioning
11. who created the theory of operant conditioning: Skinner
12. Who is credited with identifying the 12 factors that make groups therapeutic?: Yalom
13. one of the 12 therapeutic factors (Yalom):
The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among group members and that these may be widespread or
universal human concerns, serves to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate their experiences, and raise
self-esteem.: Universality
