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dmcintosh · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An advanced practice nurse determines a group of patients would benefit from therapy in which peers and interdisciplinary staff all have a voice in determining the level of the patients' privileges. The nurse would arrange for:

a. milieu therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. short-term dynamic therapy
d. systematic desensitization

Question 2

A person tells a nurse, I was the only survivor in a small plane crash, but three business associates died. I got anxious and depressed and saw a counselor three times a week for a month.

We talked about my feelings related to being a survivor, and now I'm fine, back to my old self. Which type of therapy was used?

a. Milieu therapy
b. Psychoanalysis
c. Behavior modification
d. Interpersonal therapy

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Milieu therapy is based on the idea that all members of the environment contribute to the planning and functioning of the setting. The other therapies are all individual therapies that do not fit the description.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Interpersonal therapy returns the patient to the former level of functioning by helping the patient come to terms with the loss of friends and guilt over being a survivor. Milieu therapy refers to environmental therapy. Psychoanalysis calls for a long period of exploration of unconscious material. Behavior modification focuses on changing a behavior rather than helping the patient understand what is going on in his or her life.