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Jipu 123 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A basic level registered nurse works with patients in a community setting. Which groups should this nurse expect to lead? Select all that apply.

a. Symptom management
b. Medication education
c. Family therapy
d. Psychotherapy
e. Self-care

Question 2

A single parent is experiencing feelings of inadequacy related to work and family since one teenaged child ran away several weeks ago. The parent seeks the help of a therapist specializing in cognitive therapy.

The psychotherapist who uses cognitive therapy will treat the patient by:

a. discussing ego states
b. focusing on unconscious mental processes
c. negatively reinforcing an undesirable behavior
d. helping the patient identify and change faulty thinking

TheDev123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, E
Symptom management, medication education, and self-care groups represent psychoeducation, a service provided by the basic level registered nurse. Advanced practice registered nurses provide family therapy and psychotherapy.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Cognitive therapy emphasizes the importance of changing erroneous ways people think about themselves. Once faulty thinking changes, the individual's behavior changes. Focusing on unconscious mental processes is a psychoanalytic approach. Negatively reinforcing undesirable behaviors is behavior modification, and discussing ego states relates to transactional analysis.