Medical Direction Has Asked You to Remove a Tick from Behind

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Multiple Choice

Medical direction has asked you to remove a tick from behind the left ear of a 5-year-old girl. You would:

• A) grab the tick close to its head and pull directly outward.
• B) grasp the tick with tweezers and gently twist it from the skin.
• C) scrape it from the skin using a credit card or other similar object.
• D) refuse to remove the tick given its location and age of patient.

Recognize the emphasis and unique approach of solution-focused therapy towards individual client's problems and solutions.

Identify the goal-setting process and its importance in solution-focused therapy.

Distinguish between the focuses of solution-focused and narrative therapies.

Understand the concept of externalization in narrative therapy.

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Definitions:

Extrinsic Motivation

The drive to perform actions or engage in behaviors due to external rewards or pressures rather than for intrinsic satisfaction.

Intrinsic Locus Control

The belief that individuals can control events that affect them because of traits or abilities they possess.

Extrinsic Locus Control

A belief that external forces or situations beyond one's personal control determine life events and outcomes.

Self-Handicapping Tendencies

Behaviors or attitudes people adopt to create excuses for themselves, so they can avoid self-blame in case of failure.