This extensive and graded resource includes over 100 detailed exam questions and answers for NURS 661 Test 3 at Chamberlain University, structured for the 2025/2026 academic year. It offers a high-yield review for students in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and other advanced nursing programs focusing on psychotherapy, developmental theory, family dynamics, and trauma-informed care.
The document integrates applied clinical knowledge with academic theory, covering:
CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, and Motivational Interviewing strategies
PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scoring systems and how to interpret them
Child and adolescent therapy: including ADHD, trauma, and behavior regulation
Piaget and Erikson’s developmental stages
Attachment styles: secure, insecure, anxious, avoidant-dismissive, avoidant-fearful, vacillating
Bowen Family Systems Theory: triangulation, undifferentiated ego mass, sibling position
Structural & Strategic Family Therapy: boundary-making, role-playing, parentification, first- and second-order changes
Techniques for older adults and dementia patients: reminiscence therapy, life review, age-appropriate care
Strengths-Based Approach: 4-step and NEW Paradigm models
Codependency roles: rescuer, persecutor, and victim
Ideal for:
PMHNP students preparing for exams or board certification (ANCC)
Advanced nursing students in DNP, MSN, or clinical psychotherapy rotations
Learners needing focused study on developmental psychology, therapy modalities, and family systems
Practitioners seeking to refresh knowledge on trauma-informed care and pediatric psychiatric intervention
With its breadth and depth, this resource strengthens critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, and therapeutic strategy development—making it an essential tool for both academic and clinical success.
Keywords:
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NURS 661 Test 3 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
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PHQ-9 Score 0 to 4 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No depression
PHQ-9 score 5 to 9 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mild depression
PHQ-9 Score 10 to 14 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Moderate depression
PHQ-9 Score 15 to 19 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Moderately severe depression
PHQ-9 score 20 to 27 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Severe depression
type of therapy used with major depressive disorder - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Psychodynamic therapy or
when combining theory with antidepressant, APA recommends CBT or
interpersonal psychotherapy
,Interpersonal therapy is good for - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Grief and loss
Role transitioning (ex. new mom/new parents)
Interpersonal conflict
Mild to moderate depression
individuals WITHOUT personality disorders
Know therapy modifications specifically for older adults - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Longer visits
repeat new material over several sessions
Adjust physical barriers (hearing aids, glasses)
allow extra time
Age that reasoning starts to happen - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔usually ages 4 to 7
years old (intuitive thought or thinking process and reasoning- Piaget)
they use immature reasoning
Piaget birth to 2 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sensorimotor (experiences world
through senses and actions)
Piaget ages 2 to 6-7 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Preoperational
, using intuitive rather than logical reasoning
Piaget ages 7 to 11 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Concrete operational
Logical thinking
Piaget ages 12 through adulthood - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Formal operational
Abstract reasoning
Erikson ages birth to 18 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Trust vs Mistrust
Erikson 18 month to 2 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Autonomy vs Doubt
Erikson 3 to 6 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Initiative vs Guilt
Erikson 6 to 12 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔industry vs Inferiority
Erikson 12 to 20 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Identity vs Role Confusion
Erikson 20 to 30 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Intimacy vs Isolation
Erikson 30 to 65 years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Generativity vs Stagnation
Erikson 65 years to death - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Teaching self-regulation techniques to children - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Manage
your own stress
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