Exam 20: Cognitive Therapy

A client states, "I keep having horrible nightmares about the car accident that killed my daughter. I shouldn't have taken her with me to the store." Using a cognitive approach, which nursing reply would be most therapeutic?

A nurse practitioner uses cognitive therapy with depressed clients. The nurse asks clients to keep a daily record of dysfunctional thoughts. Which of the following are appropriate nursing replies to a client questioning the purpose of this exercise? (Select all that apply.)

When a client's husband comes home late from work, the wife immediately fears infidelity. The advanced practice nurse therapist encourages the wife to consider other explanations for her husband's tardiness. What technique is the nurse using?

A nursing instructor is lecturing about cognitive therapy. Which of the following are objectives when implementing this therapy? (Select all that apply.)

A nursing assistant has failed a prerequisite course toward admission to nursing school and states, "I will always be only a nursing assistant and never an RN." Her nursing advisor understands this is an example of which automatic thought?