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TEST BANK FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 7TH EDITION BY VIDEBECK 28. Anurse is working with a patient with an eating disorder who refuses to eat a muffin. The nurse asks the patient ìIs there any way that you could see the muffin as just flour and water, basic nutrients your body needs?î In this statement, the nurse is using which type of therapy? A) Rational emotive therapy B) Cognitive therapy C) Gestalt therapy D) Reality therapy Ans: B Feedback: Cognitive therapy focuses on immediatethought processing, or how a personperceivesor interprets his or her experience and determines how he or she behaves. Rational emotive therapy considers not only thoughts but feelings associated with thoughts. Gestalt therapy focuses on the person's thoughts and feelings in the here and now. Realitytherapy challenges people to examine how behavior interferes with life goals. 29. A patient is blaming his impending divorce on the fact that his wife goes out frequently with her girlfriends. If using reality therapy, the nurse would help the patient with which of the following responses? A) ìIf you really love her, she should love you as well.î B) ìWhatdoes being divorced mean for you?î C) ìHow do you feel about your marriage ending?î D) ìWhat role do you think you have played in the end of your marriage?î Ans: D Feedback: Reality therapy challenges clients to examine the ways in which their own behavior thwarts their attempts to achieve life goals. Others are oftenassigned the blamewhen people hold onto irrational thinking. The search for meaning is associated with logotherapy. Exploring feelings are associated withgestalt therapy.
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