NURS 5112 Exam Review Part 1

To evaluate the risk of harm to self and others

Recent job loss

Immediate satisfaction of basic instincts and desires

By seeking immediate gratification and avoiding discomfort

Ego

Reality principle

fIt mediates and negotiates between the id’s demands and the superego’s moral values

By using rationalization to minimize the stressor’s impact

Through interactions with the external world and societal expectations

It enforces strict adherence to ethical and moral standards

The conscience

By revealing hidden conflicts and desires through dream symbols

The literal storyline of the dream

Free association

To encourage spontaneous verbalization of thoughts and feelings

By allowing the patient to express thoughts without censorship

The patient gains insight into their unconscious thoughts and feelings

To reinforce the patient’s positive behaviors and progress

To affirm the patient’s feelings and experiences as legitimate

To encourage and strengthen desirable behaviors and coping strategies

By improving the patient’s ability to understand and relate to others

To enhance the patient’s insight into their own and others’ emotions

Interpersonal and Relationship Issues

By exploring and understanding the patient’s unresolved conflicts and relational patterns

By exploring and discussing the transference reactions to gain insight into the patient’s past relationships

Implementing specific behavioral exercises

It can enhance the therapeutic alliance if managed properly

It can provide insight into the therapist’s own issues

When the therapist has unresolved personal issues that are triggered by the patient’s behavior

The patient frequently misses appointments or becomes defensive

They may feel threatened by the therapeutic process or fear change

Sublimation

Projection

Repression

Expressing genuine feelings and reactions in a way that is consistent with their inner self

It promotes a sense of safety and acceptance for the client

Experiencing the client’s feelings and perspectives as if they were one’s own

It empowers clients to take responsibility for their actions and decisions

It contributes to existential anxiety by highlighting the weight of personal responsibility

It can empower the client to make meaningful and intentional life choices

It facilitates deeper understanding and intentional living

To help clients accept and find meaning in their experience of being alone

It can lead to a sense of fulfillment and direction

By helping clients confront and understand the sources of their anxiety

It might encourage the client to live more authentically and with greater purpose

It facilitates personal growth and fulfillment

The "miracle question"

They help in identifying instances when the client has successfully managed their issues

It centers on developing practical and achievable solutions to current issues

Change is facilitated by focusing on solutions and small steps rather than the problem

The person is unable to express their emotions directly towards the source of distress

It can create tension and conflict as emotions are redirected inappropriately

It can prevent the person from acknowledging and addressing the underlying problem

It prevents the individual from facing the emotional impact of the event

Denial involves refusing to acknowledge reality, while rationalization involves justifying actions with logical reasons

A student fails an exam and claims it was because the exam was unfair, rather than acknowledging lack of preparation

A person is trying to justify behavior that conflicts with their values

It creates conflict and misunderstanding by attributing one’s own feelings to others

Projection involves attributing one’s own feelings to others, while denial involves refusing to acknowledge one’s own feelings

Sublimation involves transforming unacceptable impulses into constructive activities, while displacement involves redirecting feelings to less threatening targets

Redirects unacceptable impulses into positive and socially acceptable activities

By expressing behaviors that are the opposite of the true feelings

Reaction formation involves expressing opposite behaviors to one’s true feelings, while sublimation involves channeling unacceptable impulses into constructive activities

Blocking out distressing thoughts or memories from conscious awareness

Repression involves blocking out distressing memories or thoughts, while denial involves refusing to acknowledge the existence of a problem