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The nurse working with a client with an anxiety disorder should explain that the success of cog-nitive behavioral therapy is based on the client's understanding that:
 
  1. Antecedents of anxiety are childhood traumas
  2. Symptoms are related to delusional thoughts
  3. The problems are all in the client's mind
  4. Symptoms are learned responses to thoughts

Question 2

The nurse working with a client who experiences chronic anxiety is teaching anxiety-reduction strategies. Which is the best direction for the nurse to give?
 
  1. Focus your mind on the anxiety-producing situation.
  2. Imagine yourself in a quiet, peaceful place.
  3. Focus your attention on the whole room.
  4. Think about being in a large crowd.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Cognitive therapy helps clients identify target symptoms and change the cognitions associated with them. 1. This is a psychodynamic model explanation. 2. This is not useful, since anxiety dis-orders have no relationship to delusions. 3. This is not a useful construct.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
Visual imagery is the only anxiety-management strategy mentioned in these options.





 

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