Norms - Answer: are considered the "right" patterns of behavior for a society
Event interpretation - Answer: should be included for problem-solving therapy for a child with
conduct disorder.
Family therapy - Answer: can promote the greatest change in an adolescent's behavior.
The Developmental Theoretical approach - Answer: describes a family's progression through the
lifecycle.
Establishing a therapeutic alliance - Answer: is important because acceptance and trust convey
a feeling of security in an adolescent.
Most children will adopt the same world view - Answer: as their parents (ex. If a child was
brought up by parents who thought the world was hostile they would most likely adopt this
view as they grow older.
Bibliotherapy - Answer: uses books and a librarian as resources.
When conducting a counseling session for a group of at risk adolescents on drug use - Answer: it
is important to have their peers involved in teaching some problem-solving skills.
Play therapy is important - Answer: because it allows the child to play out their fears and
frustrations.
Therapeutic drawing is a helpful technique - Answer: is a child feels self-blame regarding their
parent's divorce.
,Objective observations - Answer: help the most in evaluating outcomes of child therapy.
Schizoid personality disorder - Answer: Individual psychotherapy is the appropriate modality to
use with this disorder.
The best response by the PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD who has been in
counseling for management of self-harm behaviors who now wants to cut themselves is -
Answer: to assist the client to identify an appropriate coping strategy.
Understand that if a client with BPD who was making progress but recently had an anxiety
producing situation arise and now cut herself is that even though this behavior is dysfunctional,
- Answer: it is mostly the patient's best effort to cope.
Self-mutilation is mainly due to - Answer: fear of abandonment or the increase of independence
BPD is often characterized by - Answer: an inability to tolerate perceived rejection.
Patients will respond better to limit setting if - Answer: the PMHNP can reflect back to the client
an understanding and validation of their emotional distress.
Clients with BPD have not successfully achieved - Answer: the developmental stage of
separation-individuation.
Paranoid Personality Disorder - Answer: do not trust others easily, and it's best to use a
respectful neutral approach.
Paranoid Personality Disorder are - Answer: critical of others because they project blame for
their own shortcomings onto others.
, Self-mutilation occurs because - Answer: a client may feel that pain is better than not feeling
anything, it also results from feelings of abandonment, it can be a manipulative gesture, and it is
also happens when a safety plan has been put in place.
DBT helps to - Answer: replace irrational thoughts.
Respecting a client's boundaries - Answer: important in establishing a therapeutic relationship
with a patient with BPD
providing a safe environment - Answer: is the priority for any client who is a victim of a serious
crime/assault
MCI Expectant category - Answer: Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are unlikely
even with definitive care. Persons in this group should be separated from other casualties, but
not abandoned. Comfort measures should be provided when possible
Black MCI CATEGORY - Answer: Unresponsive patients with penetrating head wounds, high
spinal cord injuries, wounds involving multiple anatomical sites and organs, 2nd/3rd degree
burns in excess of 60% of body surface area, seizures or vomiting within 24 hr after radiation
exposure, profound shock with multiple injuries, agonal respirations; no pulse, no BP, pupils
fixed and dilated.
Mindfulness - Answer: The essential part of all skills taught in skills group are the core
mindfulness skills. Mindfulness is the capacity to pay attention, non-judgmentally to the present
moment. It is derived from teachings of the Buddha, the Zen tradition being perhaps one of its
most well-known proponents. Mindfulness is all about living in the moment, experiencing your
emotions and all your senses and being aware of them.
Event interpretation - Answer: should be included for problem-solving therapy for a child with
conduct disorder.
Family therapy - Answer: can promote the greatest change in an adolescent's behavior.
The Developmental Theoretical approach - Answer: describes a family's progression through the
lifecycle.
Establishing a therapeutic alliance - Answer: is important because acceptance and trust convey
a feeling of security in an adolescent.
Most children will adopt the same world view - Answer: as their parents (ex. If a child was
brought up by parents who thought the world was hostile they would most likely adopt this
view as they grow older.
Bibliotherapy - Answer: uses books and a librarian as resources.
When conducting a counseling session for a group of at risk adolescents on drug use - Answer: it
is important to have their peers involved in teaching some problem-solving skills.
Play therapy is important - Answer: because it allows the child to play out their fears and
frustrations.
Therapeutic drawing is a helpful technique - Answer: is a child feels self-blame regarding their
parent's divorce.
,Objective observations - Answer: help the most in evaluating outcomes of child therapy.
Schizoid personality disorder - Answer: Individual psychotherapy is the appropriate modality to
use with this disorder.
The best response by the PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD who has been in
counseling for management of self-harm behaviors who now wants to cut themselves is -
Answer: to assist the client to identify an appropriate coping strategy.
Understand that if a client with BPD who was making progress but recently had an anxiety
producing situation arise and now cut herself is that even though this behavior is dysfunctional,
- Answer: it is mostly the patient's best effort to cope.
Self-mutilation is mainly due to - Answer: fear of abandonment or the increase of independence
BPD is often characterized by - Answer: an inability to tolerate perceived rejection.
Patients will respond better to limit setting if - Answer: the PMHNP can reflect back to the client
an understanding and validation of their emotional distress.
Clients with BPD have not successfully achieved - Answer: the developmental stage of
separation-individuation.
Paranoid Personality Disorder - Answer: do not trust others easily, and it's best to use a
respectful neutral approach.
Paranoid Personality Disorder are - Answer: critical of others because they project blame for
their own shortcomings onto others.
, Self-mutilation occurs because - Answer: a client may feel that pain is better than not feeling
anything, it also results from feelings of abandonment, it can be a manipulative gesture, and it is
also happens when a safety plan has been put in place.
DBT helps to - Answer: replace irrational thoughts.
Respecting a client's boundaries - Answer: important in establishing a therapeutic relationship
with a patient with BPD
providing a safe environment - Answer: is the priority for any client who is a victim of a serious
crime/assault
MCI Expectant category - Answer: Injuries are extensive and chances of survival are unlikely
even with definitive care. Persons in this group should be separated from other casualties, but
not abandoned. Comfort measures should be provided when possible
Black MCI CATEGORY - Answer: Unresponsive patients with penetrating head wounds, high
spinal cord injuries, wounds involving multiple anatomical sites and organs, 2nd/3rd degree
burns in excess of 60% of body surface area, seizures or vomiting within 24 hr after radiation
exposure, profound shock with multiple injuries, agonal respirations; no pulse, no BP, pupils
fixed and dilated.
Mindfulness - Answer: The essential part of all skills taught in skills group are the core
mindfulness skills. Mindfulness is the capacity to pay attention, non-judgmentally to the present
moment. It is derived from teachings of the Buddha, the Zen tradition being perhaps one of its
most well-known proponents. Mindfulness is all about living in the moment, experiencing your
emotions and all your senses and being aware of them.
