NR326 / NR-326 Exam 1 (Latest
Update 2024 / 2025): Mental Health
Nursing | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Chamberlain
Question:
sigmund freud concluded that conflict/issues came from childhood
How do we apply to nursing?
- what is the root cause of suffering?
- listen to patient express feelings and help develop a resolution
- help with coping strategies
- if patient does not want to talk, suggest an alternative --> journaling
Answer:
psychoanalysis aka talk therapy (counseling)
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Question:
theory of psychosocial development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
Answer:
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
Question:
a theory that believes your personality/behavior come from your experiences from relationships
- your relationships whether they are good or bad affect your ability to cope
- good relationships = good coping/healthier behavior
- bad relationships = bad coping/worse behavior
Answer:
Interpersonal Theory (Harry Sullivan)
Question:
suggest that a patient must have their basic needs met before they are able to work on other needs
In psych:
S = safety and stay with patient E = express feelings (if they are throwing things but not harming someone else, then let them get it out) 2 / 4
A = assist with problem solving
Answer:
humanistic theory (Maslow hierarchy)
Question:
What do behavior therapists believe?
Answer:
The key to fixing problems is fixing behavior (but first have to know if it is abnormal behavior). They thought you can change behavior without understanding why (disagreed with Freud).
Question:
Modeling:
- leading by example
- staff demonstration
Operant conditioning:
- positive behavior is reinforced
- reward system
Systematic desensitization:
- anxiety disorders
- gradually exposing someone to their fears to help them overcome it 3 / 4
Aversion therapy:
- alcohol use disorder
- unpleasant stimuli with maladaptive behavior (antabuse)
Dialectical behavior therapy:
- pain, tension, anxiety
- taught skills to improve emotion regulation, be mindful in the present,
- guided imagery, meditation, mindfulness
interact appropriately with others
Answer:
behavioral therapies
** believed that behavior can be changed through therapies regardless of root cause
Question:
psychoanalysis + behavioral therapy
- most common therapy used in psych
- skill that is taught
- cognitive reframing, thought blocking, negative thought stoping
- interrupting negative thought to shift the pattern of thinking
- good for depression, anxiety, and eating disorders
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