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When integrating the concepts underlying the cognitive-behavioral model into a client's plan of care, the nurse should focus on which of the following areas?

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Rationale: The cognitive-behavioral model focuses on substituting rational beliefs for self-defeating thoughts and behaviors, addressing cognitive distortions directly. Insight into unconscious conflicts is psychoanalytic, analyzing fears is less specific, and reducing bodily tensions is a secondary focus compared to cognitive change.

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