The nursing student knows that the therapist's goal in behavior ...

[corkyiscool3328]

The nursing student knows that the therapist's goal in behavior therapy is to:
 
  1. Decrease classical conditioning.
  2. Increase self-confidence.
  3. Deny religiosity in mental health clients.
  4. Increase social reasoning.

Question 2

The nurse educator is teaching a group of students about psychiatricmental health nursing concepts. Which intervention best demonstrates practicing with the concept known as detached concern?
 
  1. Sharing personal beliefs and opinions in order to enhance connection with the client
  2. Providing a critical perspective of the client's feelings
  3. Setting rigid boundaries to separate the nurse's experience from the client's
  4. Sitting quietly with a client who is sobbing uncontrollably

[nicoleclaire22]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: In classical conditioning, people learn to associate a particular feeling state with a particular circumstance that then becomes a conditioned stimulus for the feeling. Over time, the association between the circumstance and the feeling is strengthened through repetition and rehearsal. The therapist's goal in behavior therapy is to decrease or eliminate the association of a particular circumstance (the conditioned stimulus) with a particular feeling. Denying religiosity, increasing self-confidence, and increasing social reasoning are not goals of behavior therapy.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Sitting with a client who is experiencing a difficult emotion means the nurse is comfortable with people who may not be able to control their feelings and can separate the client's experiences and feelings from the nurse's self-view. Sharing personal beliefs with clients indicates the nurse cannot separate the nurse's identity from the client's identity. Setting rigid boundaries indicates the nurse's identity is threatened by the client's behaviors. Providing a critical perspective of a client's feelings invalidates the client's experience and interferes with a therapeutic relationship.

[corkyiscool3328]

Correct answers!

[nicoleclaire22]

Great! Please up vote