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NRNP 6645 Psychiatric Nursing Midterm | Final 400 Questions & Correct
Answers (4 Full Versions)
1. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse helps the patient to identify and name feelings, focus
on somatic sensations associated with emotions, and encourages use of metaphor to describe
feelings. stages?
Autonomy vs. self-doubt
Industry vs. inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
D. Intimacy vs. isolation
3. What distinguishes psychoanalytic therapy from other types of therapies?
The focus on problem-solving
The focus on irrational thoughts
C. The focus on dreams and wishes
D. The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist.
4. Strategies for working with anxiety are central to all therapy approaches. Which strategy would
be consistent with a behavioral therapy approach?
Restructuring
Interpretations
C. Desensitization
D. Exploring wishes
5. Good practice habits that are relevant for legal and ethical professional responsibility include
which of the following? Check all that apply.
A. It is essential that emergency coverage is in place.
B. How the patient contacts you between sessions and in emergencies should be included in
6. For severe trauma and phobias it is recommended to teach the patient some relation techniques
prior to beginning exposure therapy. When is it appropriate to use these relaxation techniques?
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It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques in between exposures
It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques during the actual exposures conducted by the
therapist.
It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques after the exposures
D. A and C
7. A patient being treated with supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy has been missing
sessions and coming late when coming to sessions. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse
recognizes this
behavior as which of the following?
A. Avoidance
A sign the patient has met goals.
The patient is ready to talk about termination of therapy.
The patient is bored because the sessions have not been very interesting.
8. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions focus on
A. The person's relationships and family dynamics
B. The person's thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors
The person's understanding of how the past gets triggered and plays out in the present
The person's body, beliefs, images, and emotions to process trauma
9. The therapist using a CBT approach says to the patient: "You say you become depressed.
Explain
to me what depressed feels like to you." This is an example of what question type in Socratic
Dialogue?
Memory question
Translation question
Application question
D. Interpretation question
10. According to the Stages of the Family Life Cycle the key emotional process of transition for
single
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young adults is:
Commitment to a new system.
Accepting the shifting generational roles.
Accepting new members into the system.
Accepting emotional and financial responsibility for self.
Question 11
Evidenced based guidelines for patient treatment are based on which of the following? A.
Question 12
Which of the following is true about the CBT cognitive processes of primary and secondary
thinking?
A.
Primary thinking recognizes the indeterminate, negative and irrational thinking as forever part
of human action.
B.
Secondary thinking recognizes the indeterminate, negative and irrational thinking as foremost. C.
Primary thinking views the social and cultural world in determinate, positive and rational terms.
D.
B and C
Question 13
Internal resources include which of the following? A.
Internal resources are more tangible than external resources
B.
Internal resources consist of the person's ability to manage primarily negative emotions
C.
Internal resources include the person's ability to self-soothe, demonstrate adequate impulse
control, and regulate moods.
D.
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Are intuitive and easily measured
Question 14
According to Benner's role acquisition model, the advanced practice psychiatric nurse with 2-5
years of experience, who coordinates complex care and sees situations as wholes with longterm
solutions, is functioning at which level of competency?
A.
Novice B.
Advanced beginner
C.
Competency/proficiency
D.
Expert
Question 15
According to H. Peplau (1991) self-awareness for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse A.
Question 16
It is important for the new nurse psychotherapist to become comfortable with which of the
following?
A.
Learning to be directive to help the patient feel better.
B.
Letting the psychotherapeutic process unfold over time. C.
Helping the patient feel better is the main goal of psychotherapy D.
Building a therapeutic toolbox for a variety of "fix it" solutions for a variety of problems.
Question 18
In classical psychodynamic therapy the therapist's role is which of the following? A. Objective B.
Subjective
C.
Participant-Observer
D.
Enmeshed
Question 19
If a health care professional terminates treatment because of managed care failure to authorize
the session who is liable for harm based upon abandonment of the treatment.
NRNP 6645 Psychiatric Nursing Midterm | Final 400 Questions & Correct
Answers (4 Full Versions)
1. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse helps the patient to identify and name feelings, focus
on somatic sensations associated with emotions, and encourages use of metaphor to describe
feelings. stages?
Autonomy vs. self-doubt
Industry vs. inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
D. Intimacy vs. isolation
3. What distinguishes psychoanalytic therapy from other types of therapies?
The focus on problem-solving
The focus on irrational thoughts
C. The focus on dreams and wishes
D. The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist.
4. Strategies for working with anxiety are central to all therapy approaches. Which strategy would
be consistent with a behavioral therapy approach?
Restructuring
Interpretations
C. Desensitization
D. Exploring wishes
5. Good practice habits that are relevant for legal and ethical professional responsibility include
which of the following? Check all that apply.
A. It is essential that emergency coverage is in place.
B. How the patient contacts you between sessions and in emergencies should be included in
6. For severe trauma and phobias it is recommended to teach the patient some relation techniques
prior to beginning exposure therapy. When is it appropriate to use these relaxation techniques?
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It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques in between exposures
It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques during the actual exposures conducted by the
therapist.
It is appropriate to use relaxation techniques after the exposures
D. A and C
7. A patient being treated with supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy has been missing
sessions and coming late when coming to sessions. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse
recognizes this
behavior as which of the following?
A. Avoidance
A sign the patient has met goals.
The patient is ready to talk about termination of therapy.
The patient is bored because the sessions have not been very interesting.
8. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions focus on
A. The person's relationships and family dynamics
B. The person's thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors
The person's understanding of how the past gets triggered and plays out in the present
The person's body, beliefs, images, and emotions to process trauma
9. The therapist using a CBT approach says to the patient: "You say you become depressed.
Explain
to me what depressed feels like to you." This is an example of what question type in Socratic
Dialogue?
Memory question
Translation question
Application question
D. Interpretation question
10. According to the Stages of the Family Life Cycle the key emotional process of transition for
single
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young adults is:
Commitment to a new system.
Accepting the shifting generational roles.
Accepting new members into the system.
Accepting emotional and financial responsibility for self.
Question 11
Evidenced based guidelines for patient treatment are based on which of the following? A.
Question 12
Which of the following is true about the CBT cognitive processes of primary and secondary
thinking?
A.
Primary thinking recognizes the indeterminate, negative and irrational thinking as forever part
of human action.
B.
Secondary thinking recognizes the indeterminate, negative and irrational thinking as foremost. C.
Primary thinking views the social and cultural world in determinate, positive and rational terms.
D.
B and C
Question 13
Internal resources include which of the following? A.
Internal resources are more tangible than external resources
B.
Internal resources consist of the person's ability to manage primarily negative emotions
C.
Internal resources include the person's ability to self-soothe, demonstrate adequate impulse
control, and regulate moods.
D.
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Are intuitive and easily measured
Question 14
According to Benner's role acquisition model, the advanced practice psychiatric nurse with 2-5
years of experience, who coordinates complex care and sees situations as wholes with longterm
solutions, is functioning at which level of competency?
A.
Novice B.
Advanced beginner
C.
Competency/proficiency
D.
Expert
Question 15
According to H. Peplau (1991) self-awareness for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse A.
Question 16
It is important for the new nurse psychotherapist to become comfortable with which of the
following?
A.
Learning to be directive to help the patient feel better.
B.
Letting the psychotherapeutic process unfold over time. C.
Helping the patient feel better is the main goal of psychotherapy D.
Building a therapeutic toolbox for a variety of "fix it" solutions for a variety of problems.
Question 18
In classical psychodynamic therapy the therapist's role is which of the following? A. Objective B.
Subjective
C.
Participant-Observer
D.
Enmeshed
Question 19
If a health care professional terminates treatment because of managed care failure to authorize
the session who is liable for harm based upon abandonment of the treatment.
