NR605 Week 4: Midterm Exam

Which information should be included on a therapy contract?

Answers: A – D

A emergency phone numbers ✅
B eating and drinking policy
C insurance reimbursement policy
D types of therapy offered

Which information should the therapist document on the progress note?

Answers: A – D

A hypotheses about client statements and responses
B notes to share with a supervisor after session
C a progress summary ✅
D feelings of countertransference

The interpersonal psychotherapist is conducting an initial interview with a client who presents with anxiety. She describes feeling especially anxious when she is paired with a specific colleague at work who “never seems to do her share.” Which problem area should be the focus of therapy?

Answers: A – D

A grief
B interpersonal deficit
C role dispute ✅
D role transition

Which psychotherapist is most closely associated with Gestalt therapy?

Answers: A – D

A Erik Erikson
B Abraham Maslow
C Fritz Perls ✅
D Carl Rogers

An established client presents for a session after a fight with her mother. She endorses feelings of low self-worth and insomnia. She states, “on top of everything else, my checking account is overdrawn!” According to Maslow, at which level of needs should the therapist focus the session?

Answers: A – D

A esteem
B love/belonging
C physiological
D safety ✅

A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner documents code 90837. Which is the most accurate description of the services rendered?

Answers: A – D

A new client office visit
B inpatient psychotherapy with duration of 38–52 minutes
C medication management for established client
D psychotherapy with duration of 53 or more minutes ✅

Which therapy documentation component is required for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services?

Answers: A – D

A previous hospitalizations
B side effects of medication
C method of monitoring outcomes ✅
D type of therapy

Which is a technique most likely to be used in brief psychodynamic therapy?

Answers: A – D

A transference ✅
B regression
C head-on collision
D free association………………………………………………………..$60