NR605 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Motivational interviewing (MI) --CORRECT 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 the book: Motivational Interviewing Indications for MI --CORRECT ANSWER: -reduction of substance use and health promotion -improving medication adherence in clients with schizophrenia MI Guiding Principles --CORRECT ANSWER: -acceptance -empathy -compassion -respect for client autonomy -acknowledgment of the client's strengths & efforts -Spirit of MI • Partnership, compassion, acceptance, evocation MI Role of the Psychotherapist --CORRECT ANSWER: represented by the mnemonic RULE: Resist the righting reflex Understand the patient's motivation Listen to the patient Empower the patient