A Client Is in Therapy with a Nurse Practitioner for the Treatment

question 13

Multiple Choice

A client is in therapy with a nurse practitioner for the treatment of arachnophobia.The nurse practitioner decides to use the technique of "flooding." Which intervention best exemplifies this technique?

• A) Giving rewards for demonstrating a decrease in fear of spiders
• B) Encouraging the client to sit through the movie "Spiderman"
• C) Accompanying the client to a 1-hour visit to the local zoo's spider room
• D) Offering a computer program that progressively presents anxiety-producing spider scenarios

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The sequence of physical, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in human beings from birth to the end of life.

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