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Question 1 of 5

Which is an example of the nontherapeutic block to communication of"requesting an explanation"?

A. "Who made you so angry last night?"

B. "Do you still have the idea that"Â¦?"

C. "How could you be dead, when you're still breathing?"

D. "Why do you feel this way?

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: "Why do you feel this way?

Question 2 of 5

A group of nursing students is preparing a class presentation comparing the different types of cognitive therapies. When describing solution-focused brief therapy, which of the following would the students identify as being different from the other therapies?

A. Focus on functional aspects of the patient

B. Challenge about the existence of problems

C. Assumption that change is not constant

D. View of the past rather than the present

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Focus on functional aspects of the patient

Question 3 of 5

A group of students are reviewing the multiaxial diagnostic system of the DSM-IV-TR. The students demonstrate understanding of the axes when they identify that each axis represents which of the following?

A. An evidence-based research finding

B. An experimental design to guide care

C. A domain of information

D. A laboratory test finding

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: A domain of information

Question 4 of 5

A 4-year-old child is unable to consider another child's ideas about playing house. This situation is an example of which concept of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

A. Object permanence.

B. Reversibility and spatiality.

C. Egocentrism.

D. Formal operations.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Egocentrism.

Question 5 of 5

A female nurse had been sexually assaulted as a teenager. She finds it difficult to work with patients who have undergone the same trauma. What is the most helpful response?

A. Discussing these feelings with the nurse supervisor.

B. Requesting that these patients not be a part of her patient assignment.

C. Discussing these feelings with a mental health professional.

D. Accepting her role in providing unbiased, respectful, and professional care to all patients.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Discussing these feelings with a mental health professional.

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