A patient hospitalized for depression demonstrates dysfunctional thinking as evidenced by persistent pessimism and predictions of disastrous outcomes. A nurse using cognitive therapy will focus on:
a. uncovering unconscious conflicts that affect the here and now behavior.
b. finding an area of mutual understanding to serve as a basis for therapy.
c. patient recognition and replacement of automatic negative evaluations.
d. analyzing and enhancing relationships with significant others.
Question 2
A 4-year-old boy is being treated for leukemia. His older brother, age 7, regresses and starts to suck his thumb and wet the bed at night.
The parents recognize that these behaviors are the older brother's way of expressing his fears and anxieties about his younger brother's life-threatening illness. They do not punish him for these behaviors; instead, they work out a schedule where when one parent is with the younger brother during treatments, the other parent takes the older brother on an outing and offers to talk about the situation. Which of the following does NOT describe one of Bowen's concepts that the members of this family are demonstrating? a. relativistic thinking
b. high level of differentiation
c. family projection process
d. sibling position
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
The proboscis monkey demonstrates that large gut size contributes to a lower EQ.
Effective listening skills demonstrate empathy to the patient and break down barriers to communicati
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Illustration of the anatomy of a normal subject (A) and a patient with sleep apnea (B)