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CARN-AP Questions and Correct Answers
Who is credited with the Disease Model Ans: - E.M. Jellinek
Disease Model Ans: - originally applied to alcohol
- addiction is a primary disease
- exists in and of itself and is not secondary to some other
condition
Biopsychosocial Model Ans: - both a philosophy of clinical care
and practical clinical guide
- understanding how suffering, disease and illness are affected by
multiple levels of organizations
- societal to molecular
- understanding the pt's subjective experience as an essential
contributor to accurate dx, health outcomes and humane care
Clinician Ans: - individual client care
- care of a group of clients
- counselor
Consultant Ans: - expert in field of addictions
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Educator Ans: - client education
- education of other nurses
Leadership/Management Ans: - leader in field of addictions
- manager in some circumstances
Researcher Ans: - conducts/participates in research
- utilizes research evidence in practice
AA step 1 Ans: - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and
that our lives had become unmanageable.
AA step 2 Ans: - Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
AA step 3 Ans: - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood Him.
AA step 4 Ans: - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
AA step 5 Ans: - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
AA step 6 Ans: - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character.
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AA step 7 Ans: - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
AA step 8 Ans: - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.
AA step 9 Ans: - Made direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
AA step 10 Ans: - Continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong promptly admitted it.
AA step 11 Ans: - Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to
carry that out.
AA step 12 Ans: - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result
of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to
practice these principles in all our affairs.
Defense mechanisms Ans: - repression
- projection
- denial
- displacement
- intellectualization
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- rationalization
Behavior therapy Ans: - focuses on the learned aspects of
behavior
General assumption of underlying behavior in Behavior Therapy
Ans: - much behavior is termed sick, pathological or maladaptive
and is acquired by conditioning or observational learning
Three basic types of therapies in Behavior Therapy Ans: -
systematic desensitization
- behavior modification
- assertiveness training
Behavioral Theory focuses on Ans: - observable behaviors
In behavioral therapy the client determines ______, therapist helps
______ Ans: - goals
- develop the treatment plan
In Behavioral Theory, behavior is Ans: - learned and conditioned
by external influences through reinforcement, thus behavior can
be unlearned
In Behavioral Theory, abnormal behavior is Ans: - equated to
faulty learning.
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CARN-AP Questions and Correct Answers
Who is credited with the Disease Model Ans: - E.M. Jellinek
Disease Model Ans: - originally applied to alcohol
- addiction is a primary disease
- exists in and of itself and is not secondary to some other
condition
Biopsychosocial Model Ans: - both a philosophy of clinical care
and practical clinical guide
- understanding how suffering, disease and illness are affected by
multiple levels of organizations
- societal to molecular
- understanding the pt's subjective experience as an essential
contributor to accurate dx, health outcomes and humane care
Clinician Ans: - individual client care
- care of a group of clients
- counselor
Consultant Ans: - expert in field of addictions
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Educator Ans: - client education
- education of other nurses
Leadership/Management Ans: - leader in field of addictions
- manager in some circumstances
Researcher Ans: - conducts/participates in research
- utilizes research evidence in practice
AA step 1 Ans: - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and
that our lives had become unmanageable.
AA step 2 Ans: - Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
AA step 3 Ans: - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood Him.
AA step 4 Ans: - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
AA step 5 Ans: - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
AA step 6 Ans: - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character.
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AA step 7 Ans: - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
AA step 8 Ans: - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.
AA step 9 Ans: - Made direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
AA step 10 Ans: - Continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong promptly admitted it.
AA step 11 Ans: - Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to
carry that out.
AA step 12 Ans: - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result
of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to
practice these principles in all our affairs.
Defense mechanisms Ans: - repression
- projection
- denial
- displacement
- intellectualization
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- rationalization
Behavior therapy Ans: - focuses on the learned aspects of
behavior
General assumption of underlying behavior in Behavior Therapy
Ans: - much behavior is termed sick, pathological or maladaptive
and is acquired by conditioning or observational learning
Three basic types of therapies in Behavior Therapy Ans: -
systematic desensitization
- behavior modification
- assertiveness training
Behavioral Theory focuses on Ans: - observable behaviors
In behavioral therapy the client determines ______, therapist helps
______ Ans: - goals
- develop the treatment plan
In Behavioral Theory, behavior is Ans: - learned and conditioned
by external influences through reinforcement, thus behavior can
be unlearned
In Behavioral Theory, abnormal behavior is Ans: - equated to
faulty learning.
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