NRNP 6645 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST EXAM 2
LATEST VERSIONS 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES 2025/2026
Stages of Learning model - Answer-A framework describing the progression of a
learner from unconscious incompetency to unconscious competency.
Unconscious incompetency - Answer-A stage where a person is unaware of their
lack of skill or knowledge.
Conscious incompetency - Answer-A stage where a person is aware of their lack of
skill or knowledge.
Conscious competency - Answer-A stage where a person is aware of their skill or
knowledge and can perform it.
Unconscious competency - Answer-A stage where a person can perform a skill or
knowledge without conscious thought.
Freud's tasks of learning independence and control - Answer-Associated with
problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
,Standards of care - Answer-Legally binding guidelines that dictate the minimum
acceptable level of care.
Practice guidelines - Answer-Recommendations that are not legally binding and
can be more flexible.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Answer-A system of psychotherapy that
focuses on how an individual's thoughts influence their feelings and behaviors.
Reality testing - Answer-A process in dynamic supportive therapy that helps
patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
Psychic determinism - Answer-The concept that every thought and behavior has a
cause.
Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy - Answer-Focuses on feelings, defenses,
life stresses, and problem-solving.
Direct advice - Answer-A strategy in imparting information that can elucidate
interpersonal pathology.
Solution focused therapy - Answer-A therapy approach that focuses on potential
solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
Clinical practice guidelines - Answer-Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
, Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy - Answer-Recommended as an initial
treatment for Panic Disorder.
First-line treatment - Answer-The preferred initial treatment option for a specific
disorder.
Major Depressive Disorder - Answer-A condition for which psychodynamic therapy
is considered a therapeutic treatment option.
Primary thinking - Answer-Recognizes indeterminate, negative, and irrational
thinking as part of human action.
Secondary thinking - Answer-Recognizes the indeterminate, negative, and
irrational thinking as foremost.
Imitative behavior - Answer-A therapeutic benefit that allows individuals to
experiment with new behaviors.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy - Answer-Not ideal for patients with primarily
primitive defenses.
Dynamic supportive therapy - Answer-A strategy where the nurse assists the
patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and interpersonal awareness.
LATEST VERSIONS 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES 2025/2026
Stages of Learning model - Answer-A framework describing the progression of a
learner from unconscious incompetency to unconscious competency.
Unconscious incompetency - Answer-A stage where a person is unaware of their
lack of skill or knowledge.
Conscious incompetency - Answer-A stage where a person is aware of their lack of
skill or knowledge.
Conscious competency - Answer-A stage where a person is aware of their skill or
knowledge and can perform it.
Unconscious competency - Answer-A stage where a person can perform a skill or
knowledge without conscious thought.
Freud's tasks of learning independence and control - Answer-Associated with
problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
,Standards of care - Answer-Legally binding guidelines that dictate the minimum
acceptable level of care.
Practice guidelines - Answer-Recommendations that are not legally binding and
can be more flexible.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Answer-A system of psychotherapy that
focuses on how an individual's thoughts influence their feelings and behaviors.
Reality testing - Answer-A process in dynamic supportive therapy that helps
patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
Psychic determinism - Answer-The concept that every thought and behavior has a
cause.
Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy - Answer-Focuses on feelings, defenses,
life stresses, and problem-solving.
Direct advice - Answer-A strategy in imparting information that can elucidate
interpersonal pathology.
Solution focused therapy - Answer-A therapy approach that focuses on potential
solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
Clinical practice guidelines - Answer-Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
, Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy - Answer-Recommended as an initial
treatment for Panic Disorder.
First-line treatment - Answer-The preferred initial treatment option for a specific
disorder.
Major Depressive Disorder - Answer-A condition for which psychodynamic therapy
is considered a therapeutic treatment option.
Primary thinking - Answer-Recognizes indeterminate, negative, and irrational
thinking as part of human action.
Secondary thinking - Answer-Recognizes the indeterminate, negative, and
irrational thinking as foremost.
Imitative behavior - Answer-A therapeutic benefit that allows individuals to
experiment with new behaviors.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy - Answer-Not ideal for patients with primarily
primitive defenses.
Dynamic supportive therapy - Answer-A strategy where the nurse assists the
patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and interpersonal awareness.
