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NR605 Final Exam Review – Complete PMHNP Study Guide & Key Topics

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Ace the NR605 Final Exam with this comprehensive PMHNP study guide. Includes key topics, practice questions, and detailed explanations to help Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students prepare effectively for success.

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PMHNP Study Guide & Key Topics




cognitive-behavioral therapy - ANSWER ✔----focus on how well individuals can adapt cognitively and
functionally to their environments

-short-term, structured, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy

-stresses necessity of challenging maladaptive thoughts that lead to behavioral problems

-first emerged in 1955

-most widely practiced psychotherapy

-help clients recognize and address cognitive distortions

• by Albert Ellis, widely known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy

-Beck

• originally trained in psychoanalysis, pioneered cognitive therapy in the 1960s, through his research on
depression

• also developed the popular Depression Inventory instrument



CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory - ANSWER ✔----Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory

• provides a framework to view CBT as a supportive intervention

• fosters effective self-care behaviors



-Roy's Adaptation Theory

• premise that individuals use coping mechanisms to adapt to stimuli, both internal and external

,• share underpinnings with CBT.



Indications for CBT - ANSWER ✔----treatment of a wide range of diagnoses

• depression

• anxiety disorders

• substance use disorders

• eating disorders

• severe mental illness

• PTSD



Principles of CBT include: - ANSWER ✔----way an ind cognitively structures thoughts about self & the
world determines how the ind feels & behaves

-Dysfunctional thoughts are rooted in irrational assumptions

-Dysfunctional thinking and learned patterns of maladaptive behavior contribute to psychological
problems

-Ind's can learn more adaptive behaviors which can relieve symptoms & improve quality of life

-CBT is (+) & stresses collaboration & active participation

-CBT includes action plANSWER in the form of therapy homework



Role of the Psychotherapist in CBT - ANSWER ✔----using a structured, collaborative approach to help
clients recognize and reevaluate cognitive distortions

-help clients:

• better understand the behaviors of others

• develop improved coping skills

-Psychoeducation

-Homework

• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned during the therapy session



motivational interviewing (MI) - ANSWER ✔----helps individuals prepare for change

-person-centered, evidence-based approach to behavior change

,-using a collaborative, goal-oriented communication style

-empowers clients to draw on their meanings & capacities to facilitate change

• addressing issues with ambivalence and resistance

-grew out of William R. Miller's clinical practice working with clients with substance use disorders in the
1980s

• collaborated with Stephen Rollnick to write book: Motivational interviewing



Indications for MI - ANSWER ✔----reduction of substance use and health promotion

-improving medication adherence in clients with schizophrenia



MI Guiding Principles - ANSWER ✔----acceptance

-empathy

-compassion

-respect of client autonomy

-acknowledgment of the client's strengths & efforts

-Spirit of MI

• Partnership, compassion, acceptance, evocation



MI Role of the Psychotherapist - ANSWER ✔---represented by the mnemonic RULE:



Resist the righting reflex

Understand the patient's motivation

Listen to the patient

Empower the patient



OARS - ANSWER ✔---Communication skills for MI:

-Open questions

• cannot be ANSWERwered with a yes or no, require elaboration

, -Affirming

• provide encouragement, are (+) comments on a client's strengths or efforts



-Reflecting

• mirror the content or feelings explicitly or implicitly stated by the client

• convey empathy, demonstrate listening, highlight emotions & beliefs, • provide opportunities for the
client to elaborate on their concerns

• empower clients to take control of the conversation

• recommended to use at least two reflections for every question



-Summarizing

• links together what has been stated to help the client organize their experiences



MI Phases of the Change Process - ANSWER ✔----engagement

• establishment of trust & a helping relationship between the therapist & client

• uses reflections that communicate understanding



-focusing

• identification of the direction or target of the change

• uses open-ended questions




-evoking

• identifying the client's motivation for change and evoking hope

• uses reflections and summaries



-planning

• creating a plan for change

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