A cognitive strategy the nurse could use to help a dependent patient would be:
a. avoidance training.
b. filling the patient's pill minder.
c. interpreting the patient's dream content.
d. examining the patient's fears related to being independent.
D
Cognitive theory suggests that thought processes are the basis of emotions and behavior. Changing faulty learning makes development of new adaptive behaviors possible. The distracters relate to psychoanalytic therapy, biological therapy, and aversion therapy.
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1. Anaerobic metabolism 2. Catabolism 3. Aerobic metabolism 4. Anabolism
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