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Chapter 8: Interventions in Groups
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. During a therapeutic group, which nursing action demonstrates a laissez-faire leadership style?
The nurse requires that all group members reveal an embarrassing personal
situation.
The nurse asks for a show of hands to determine group topic preference.
The nurse sits silently as the group members stray from the assigned topic.
The nurse shuffles through papers to determine the facility policy on length of
group.
____ 2. During a community meeting, a nurse encourages clients to present unit problems and discuss
possible solutions. Which type of leadership style is the nurse demonstrating?
____ 3. Which situation would a nurse identify as an example of an autocratic leadership style?
The president of Sigma Theta Tau assigns members to committees to research
problems.
Without faculty input, the dean mandates that all course content be delivered via
the Internet.
During a community meeting, a nurse listens as clients generate solutions.
The student nurses’ association advertises for candidates for president.
____ 4. A single, pregnant teenager in a parenting class discloses her ambivalence toward the pregnancy
and the subsequent guilt that these thoughts generate. A mother of three admits to having felt that
way herself. Which of Yalom’s therapeutic factors does this illustrate?
____ 5. A client diagnosed with alcohol use disorder experiences a first relapse. During an Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting, another group member states, “I relapsed three times, but now have
been sober for 15 years.” Which of Yalom’s therapeutic factors does this illustrate?
____ 6. During a group discussion, members freely interact with each other. Which member statement is
an example of Yalom’s therapeutic factor of imparting information?
“I found a Web site explaining the different types of brain tumors and their
treatment.”
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5A client diagnosed with alcohol use disorder experiences a first relapse. During an AA meeting, another group member states, “I relapsed threetimes, but now have been sober for 15 years.” Which of Yalom’s curative group factors does this illustrate?1. Imparting of information2. Instillation of hope3. Catharsis4. UniversalityANS: 2Rationale: This scenario is an example of the curative group factor instillation of hope. This occurs when members observe the progress of others inthe group with similar problems and begin to believe that personal problems can also be resolved.
6During a group discussion, members freely interact with each other. Which member statement is an example of Yalom’s curative group factor ofimparting information?
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7Prayer group members at a local Baptist church are meeting with a poor, homeless family whom they are supporting. Which member statement isan example of Yalom’s curative group factor of altruism?
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8During an inpatient educational group, a client shouts out, “This information is worthless. Nothing you have said can help me.” These statementsindicate to a nurse leader that the client is assuming which group role?
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