A client is in therapy with a nurse practitioner for the treatment of arachnophobia. The nurse practitioner decides to use the technique of flooding. Which intervention best exemplifies this technique?
A. Giving rewards for demonstrating a decrease in fear of spiders
B. Encouraging the client to sit through the movie Spiderman
C. Accompanying the client to a 1-hour visit to the local zoo's spider room
D. Offering a computer program that progressively presents anxiety-producing spider scenarios
Question 2
During a smoking cessation group, the community health nurse explains that in their effort to quit smoking, a reciprocal inhibition approach will be used. The nurse should give the group which example of this technique?
A. Before you can smoke, you must first take a half-hour walk.
B. When you have the urge to smoke, imagine being short of breath.
C. You'll receive 1 for each cigarette not smoked and forfeit 2 for each cigarette smoked.
D. When you have the urge to smoke, hold your breath and then rhythmically breathe.
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