The nursing student knows that group interaction requires the ...

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The nursing student knows that group interaction requires the therapist to focus attention on each member's feelings toward other group members, the therapists, and the group to illuminate relationship implications of interpersonal transactions
 
  . This process is known as: 1. Interactional group therapy.
  2. The here-and-now.
  3. Process illumination.
  4. Objective family burden.

Question 2

A client tells visiting family that a test was done to see how the client's brain was functioning. The family asks the nurse if there really is such a test. The nurse realizes that the client had which type of test?
 
  1. Computerized tomography (CT)
  2. Positron emission test (PET)
  3. Single photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT)
  4. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: The core of interactional group therapy is the here-and-now. According to Yalom (2005), the here-and-now work of the interactional group therapist occurs on two levels: focusing attention on each member's feelings toward other group members, the therapists, and the group and illuminating the process (the relationship implications of interpersonal transactions). Objective family burden refers to the impact on the family of a person with mental illness. The here-and-now is an aspect of interactional group therapy.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: A PET scan provides information about the metabolic functioning of the brain. CT, MRI, and SPECT are imaging techniques to examine the structure of the brain.