A group of nursing students is reviewing information about counseling interventions. The students demonstrate a need for additional review when they identify counseling interventions as involving which of the following?
A) Specific, time-limited intervention
B) Focus on coping improvement
C) Goal of regaining functional abilities
D) Prevention of disability
Ans: C
Psychotherapy, not counseling interventions, is a long-term approach aimed at improving or helping clients regain previous health status and functional abilities. Counseling interventions are specific, time-limited interactions that focus on improving coping abilities, reinforcing healthy behaviors, fostering positive interactions, or preventing illness or disability.
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