01 Oct According to Prochaska and DiClemente Change Theory, at what stage of change would ambivalence be evident?
Primary Care of the Psychiatric Mental Health Client II
According to Prochaska and DiClemente Change Theory, at what stage of change would ambivalence be evident?
Select one:
a.Contemplation
b.Action
c.Denial
d.Precontemplation
Question 2As a practicing PMHNP, you diagnose a patient with polysubstance dependence and decide to proceed with motivational interviewing (MI). MI incorporates all of the following principles EXCEPT ________.
Select one:
a.expressing empathy
b.giving advice
c.developing discrepancy
d.rolling with resistance
e.supporting self-efficacy
Question 3Match the following statement with the appropriate leadership skill term:
To let clients know they are heard and understood beyond the level of words requires
Select one:
a.Active listening
b.Restating
c.Clarifying
d.Empathizing
e.Reflecting feelings
Question 4Several communication styles are key to the spirit of MI. Select the one that is the most likely to contribute to resistance.
Select one:
a.Guiding
b.Focusing
c.Following
d.Directing
Question 5The PMHNP knows that an essential component embedded in the role and scope of practice is critical thinking. Critical thinking ________. (Choose all that apply.)
Select one or more:
a.is defined as rehabilitative services
b.entails making clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice
c.develops self-awareness by a metacognitive mechanism to gather additional insights about one’s self
d.None of the answers is .
Question 6The PMHNP understands that the role and scope of practice includes reflective practice. Reflective practice ________.
Select one:
a.links theory and practice
b.enhances critical thinking and problem solving
c.enhances clinical reasoning and decision making
d.uses a framework to “make sense of experience”
e.All answers are .
.Question 7The spirit of motivational interviewing aligns closely with which of the following?
Select one:
a.Freudian drive theory
b.Self-psychology
c.Person-centered theory
d.Object relations theory
e.Attachment theory
Question 8What skills-based interaction model is utilized in motivational interviewing?
Select one:
a.The Reflective Practice Model
b.The OARS Model
c.The Othering Model
d.The Trauma Informed Model
Question 9What stage in motivational interviewing is NOT indicative of change?
Select one:
a.Action
b.Maintenance
c.Preconscious
d.Precontemplation
Question 10Which statement best describes the “roll with resistance” principle of motivational interviewing?
Select one:
a.It describes the patient’s movement past ambivalence.
b.It describes actions that the PMHNP takes to avoid a struggle with the patient on changes.
c.It is when the PMHNP takes on the role of “devil’s advocate.”
d.It represents the patient’s wish to change.
e.None of the answers is .
