NUR 661 Exam 2 –Study Guide from Bremer Review With Complete Solutions Rated

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Benefits of group work - Answer social support, getting perspectives from others, learning other adaptive behaviors, learn coping skills Major goals of group work - Answer To resolve our own confli... ct, change is possible, learn coping skills, things can change and get better but may be rough in the beginning, give them hope How does informed consent relate to group work - Answer Notifies the clients what to expect and the guidelines and they agree to participate, discuss potential problems. Appropriate both legally and ethically to warn the client that they may be uncomfortable and there could be confrontation. What is an encounter group - Answer An enactment of here and now but related to past or future event How is group counseling different - Answer preventative and educations purposes using the here and now (shorter) How is group therapy different - Answer Remediation of past problems/difficulties (longer) What is the major difference between group counseling and group therapy - Answer Different goals How are psychotherapy groups different - Answer Education including past and present How are self-exploration groups different - Answer About personal growth, experience and self-awareness groups, as leaders its a good idea for us to do them How are task groups different - Answer designed to assist task forces, committee, big projects How are psychoeducational groups different - Answer They have a central theme, more structured, specific How has managed care affected brief interventions and short-term groups - Answer Need to get them done fast and cost-effective, therapies and groups must be brief and short Androgynous groups - Answer issues that transcend usual male and female genders, sometimes deal with gender discrimination Heterogeneous groups - Answer Diverse, range of ages and genders, microcosm of the social structure that exists in the everyday world, a little bit of everyone Homogenous groups - Answer similar, common interest, narrowed and focused (PTSD with veterans groups. What does resistance mean in a group - Answer Resistance is due to the failure of the leader to provide a good orientation which would include the expectations of the groups, goals, procedures, so patients may become resistant because they don't understand what is going to be happening in the group. Always provide good orientation in the group setting. repression - Answer keeping memories forgotten, recognizing that the patient is repressing likely trauma and they should be pulled out. denial - Answer suppressing unpleasant reality, [Show More]

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