Exam 2: Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice

Operant conditioning is part of the treatment plan to encourage speech in a child who is nearly mute.Which technique applies?

Consider this comment from a therapist: "The patient is homosexual but has kept this preference secret.Severe anxiety and depression occur when the patient anticipates family reactions to this sexual orientation." Which perspective is evident in the speaker?

A psychotherapist works with an anxious,dependent patient.Which strategy is most consistent with psychoanalytic psychotherapy?

Which activities represent the art of nursing? Select all that apply.

Which comment best indicates a patient is self-actualized?

A patient states,"I'm starting cognitive-behavioral therapy.What can I expect from the sessions?" Which responses by the nurse would be appropriate? Select all that apply.

A patient says to the nurse,"My father has been dead for over 10 years,but talking to you is almost as comforting as the talks he and I had when I was a child." Which term applies to the patient's comment?

A patient is suspicious and frequently manipulates others.To which psychosexual stage do these traits relate?

Which patient statement would lead the nurse to suspect unsuccessful completion of the developmental task of infancy?

A patient is fearful of riding on elevators.The therapist first rides an escalator with the patient.The therapist and patient then stand in an elevator with the door open for five minutes and later with the elevator door closed for five minutes.Which technique has the therapist used?

The parent of a 4-year-old rewards and praises the child for helping a younger sibling,being polite,and using good manners.The nurse supports this use of praise related to these behaviors.These qualities are likely to be internalized and become part of which system of the personality?

A nurse uses Maslow's hierarchy of needs to plan care for a patient with mental illness.Which problem will receive priority? The patient:

Which technique is most applicable to aversion therapy?

Which comments by an elderly person best indicate successful completion of the developmental task? Select all that apply.

A nurse supports a parent for praising a child behaving in a helpful way.When this child behaves with politeness and helpfulness in adulthood,which feeling will most likely result?

A nurse and patient discuss a problem the patient has kept secret for many years.Afterward the patient says,"I feel so relieved that I finally told somebody." Which term best describes the patient's feeling?

A 4-year-old grabs toys from siblings and says,"I want that now!" The siblings cry,and the child's parent becomes upset with the behavior.According to Freudian theory,this behavior is a product of impulses originating in which system of the personality?