Chapter 3, Conceptual Frameworks and Theories Video Solutions, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Evidence-Based Concepts, Skills, and Practices

Problem 1

When preparing a teaching plan about psychoanalytic theory for a group of nursing students, which concepts would the instructor expect to include? Select all that apply.
a. The unconscious represents a small portion of the mind.
b. People use defense mechanisms to protect against anxiety and threats.
c. Personality develops through a succession of stages.
d. Freud's ego represents a person's instinctual drives.
e. Feelings of a service provider about a client are reflected in transference.
f. The superego acts as the person's conscience.

Haylie Stewart

Numerade Educator

02:27

Problem 2

Parents bring an adolescent female into counseling because she has been skipping school. The client states, "My parents are irresponsible and don't care about my feelings." The nurse interprets this statement as the client using which defense mechanism?
a. Regression
b. Reaction formation
c. Projection
d. Identification

Asma Venkitta

Numerade Educator

02:19

Problem 3

During counseling, a client tells the therapist, "You remind me so much of my mother." The therapist interprets this statement as indicating the client's use of which of the following?
a. Projection
b. Transference
c. Identification
d. Countertransference

Alexa Moschella

Numerade Educator

01:05

Problem 4

When a client is undergoing cognitive restructuring during RET therapy, which of the following would be essential for the client to identify first?
a. Behavior or event based on the distorted belief
b. Distorted belief about the behavior or event
c. End result or consequence of the distorted belief
d. Correction or debate about the distorted belief

Stacy Storey

Numerade Educator

01:40

Problem 5

When using the developmental-ecological framework, the nurse would assess which factors as important in the client's microsystem? Select all that apply.
a. Violence in the neighborhood
b. Family economic level
c. Structure of the parental unit
d. Lead screening activities
e. Intelligence
f. Stability of the home residence

Emily Himsel

Numerade Educator