Mental Health -PrepU
A nurse is leading a group. During the session, the nurse observes the members testing each other to see if they can trust each other. The nurse leader also notes that the members are testing the nurse, too. The nurse interprets this behavior as characteristic of which phase?
Beginning
The client's parents have begun a program of therapy that includes giving the client a token each time the client follows directions. Which theoretical framework provides the background for such a program?
Behavioral theory
A nurse is reading a journal article about Freud's personality structure. The nurse demonstrates understanding of this information when they identify the ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of which aspect?
Ego
Which group characteristic is lacking in the following statement: "Our group never talks about really emotional issues. I mean, no one ever cries."
Group cohesiveness
Which theorist viewed interpersonal relations as a basis of human development and behavior?
Harry Stack Sullivan
Which psychotherapy pioneer introduced the term parataxis?
Harry Stack Sullivan which refers to the presence of distorted perception or judgment exhibited by the client during therapy.
A nurse is planning an educational program for families with a mentally ill relative. Which goal is consistent with the current objectives of family education?
Improve family quality of life
Nursing students are learning about the stages of Freud's psychosexual model. Place the stages in the correct sequence, from first to last.
Oral stage Anal stage Phallic stage Latency stage Genital stage
The psychiatrist states that repressed memories in the client's unconscious are causing depression. This reasoning implies that the psychiatrist uses which theory?
Psychoanalytic theory
A nurse has been working with a client who has a personality disorder and the nurse has recognized the potential for countertransference. How can the nurse best prevent this phenomenon?
Reflecting on the nurse's own thinking to identify times where the nurse may project individual feelings on to the client
A student nurse does not want to think about the upcoming final exam. The student nurse will start studying for the exam tomorrow. The student nurse is exhibiting which type of defense mechanism?
Suppression
In terms of Maslow's hierarchy of need, families living in poverty may be focused more on which type of needs rather than self-actualization?
Survival
The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child during a well-child visit. According to the Sullivan's stages of development, which behavior would the nurse expect to find in this child?
The child performs actions to earn praise from parents.
According to Maslow, mentally healthy people who achieve self-actualization are able to do what?
Used varied approaches to solve a problem
B. F. Skinner introduced
behavioral therapy
Carl Rogers developed
client-centered therapy.
A nurse is caring for an adult client admitted for substance use. The nurse feels frustrated and angry when caring for the client based on the nurse's past feelings of helplessness while caring for clients with substance use. The nurse states, "They don't want to help themselves, so I won't help them!" What is the nurse experiencing?
countertransference
The nurse is working with a client who is grieving over the death of a parent. Which concept is the nurse demonstrating when stating to the client, "I know how sad I was when I lost my parent"?
empathy
Which is an overarching treatment goal for the client who is prescribed cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for the treatment of depression?
engaging in self-care
A nurse is performing discharge planning for a client who will be returning home to live with family members. Which concept will be most important for the nurse in considering client needs?
family dynamics
Regression
is the retreat to past developmental states to meet basic needs.
Conversion
is the unconscious expression of a mental conflict as a physical symptom to relieve tension or anxiety.
Denial
is unconscious refusal to face thoughts, feelings, wishes, needs, or reality factors that are intolerable.
Sigmund Freud is responsible for the development of
psychoanalysis
It is evident that a client has entered Piaget's stage of formal operations when the client ...
speaks about a recent ballad as being reflective of the client's life story.
The nurse is determining if a client has a formal system of support. Which person best describes this type of support?
the nurse caring for the client in the nursing home
