Exam 18: Behavior Therapy

A nursing instructor is teaching about the behavior technique of modeling.When asked to give an example of this behavioral intervention,which student statement indicates learning has occurred?

Parents of a 3-year-old have noticed an improvement in behavior because of using a time-out behavioral approach.Which aspect of time-out therapy may be responsible for this child's improved behavior?

A client is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.The nurse counselor recommends the behavioral technique of reciprocal inhibition.The client asks,"What's that?" Which is the best nursing reply?

A mother states,"You are old enough to clean your own bedroom." Upon later inspection,the mother finds the floor is clear and everything is stacked in a chair.The mother praises the child for clearing the floor.This is consistent with which technique of behavior modification?

A client reports,"My friend panicked at the sight of spiders.Her therapist used gradual exposure to spiders that initially made her increasingly more anxious." Which technique was the friend's therapist using?

A third-grader feigns illness to avoid doing homework.The teacher recommends an educational program that uses a token economy.Which of the following statements by the school nurse best explains a token economy?

When asked to identify principles that define the term maladaptive behavior,which nursing student statement indicates further teaching is needed?

A mother tells her teenager that for college tuition to be paid,the teenager must quit smoking.They develop a written agreement stipulating time frames and consequences.This is an example of which technique of behavior modification?

During a smoking cessation group,the community health nurse explains that in their effort to quit smoking,a reciprocal inhibition approach will be used.The nurse should give the group which example of this technique?

An adolescent comes from a family where physical and verbal abuse prevails.The adolescent bullies and fights with classmates at school.Which of the following is the probable source of this behavior?

When seeking special privileges,a child always chooses to ask the mother rather than the father.The father is more apt to disagree with the child's requests,whereas the mother usually consents.Which component of operant conditioning explains the child's choice?

A client is in therapy with a nurse practitioner for the treatment of arachnophobia.The nurse practitioner decides to use the technique of flooding.Which intervention best exemplifies flooding?

An adolescent client was recently admitted to the psychiatric unit because of impulsivity and acting-out behavior at school.Which nursing action should the nurse implement first?

Per behavioral theory,the treatment of phobic symptoms involves which action?

A 2-year-old engages in frequent temper tantrums that usually result in the parents giving in to demands.During family therapy,which is the best nursing statement when counseling the parents?

A kindergarten rule states that if unacceptable behavior occurs,a child's personalized fish will be moved to the sea grass.Children who behave keep their fish out of the sea grass.The school nurse identifies this intervention is based on which principle of behavior therapy?

Which assumption is most reflective of a behavioral theory model?

Parents decide to try the nurse practitioner's suggestion of time-out when their child misbehaves.Which is the nurse practitioner's best statement when teaching the parents?

During hospitalization,an attention-seeking client has repeatedly cut herself.After threatening to cut herself again,the nurse states,"Here are some Band-Aids so you won't bleed on the sheets." Which is the underlying reason for this nurse's response?

A nurse recognizes which intervention within a behavioral therapy program is best?