The nurse psychotherapist is working with an anxious, dependent ...

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The nurse psychotherapist is working with an anxious, dependent client. The therapeutic strategy
  most consistent with the framework of psychodynamic or psychoanalytic psychotherapy would be
 
  a. emphasizing medication compliance.
  b. identifying client strengths and assets.
  c. using psychoeducational materials.
  d. focusing on feelings developed by the client toward the nurse.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a family in which four members have tuberculosis. The family describes its
  health system to the nurse, noting that shamanic healing is used.
 
  The nurse will have the greatest
  success in planning treatment if she creates a plan that uses antituberculin medication as well as
  a. services of a folk healer.
  b. behavior therapy.
  c. acupuncture.
  d. yoga.

[Chelseyj.hasty]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Positive or negative feelings of the client toward the nurse or the therapist are called transference.
Transference is a psychoanalytic concept. Transference can be used to explore previously
unresolved conflicts. Option A would be more related to biological therapy. Option B would be
consistent with supportive psychotherapy. Option C: Use of psychoeducational materials is a
common homework assignment used in cognitive therapy.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Shamanic healing considers that all things have spirit. Healing practices include rituals, cleansings,
and prayers delivered by a shaman or folk healer. Folk healing rituals can be successfully combined
with Western medicine. Accommodating culture-specific interventions builds on client coping and
healing systems. Option B: Behavior therapy would be of less cultural significance to the family
than folk healing. Options C and D: These complementary therapies were not specifically described
by the client as being part of her health system.