Therapeutic Communication
Involves both verbal and nonverbal attentiveness (such as appropriate eye contact, relaxed posture, and silence) to understand the underlying meaning of what the patient says
What is Active Listening
Right to be treated with humanity, free from verbal, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, coercion, or exploitation
What are Dignity and Respect
an illegal, highly addictive opioid drug processed from morphine, which is extracted from the seed pods of opium poppy plants.
What is Heroin
Pervasive distrust and suspicion of others, often interpreting harmless remarks or actions as deliberately threatening or demeaning.
What is Paranoid Personality Disorder
"Everything will be fine"
What is Providing False Reassurance
Encourages patients to elaborate rather than giving a simple "yes" or "no" answer (e.g., "Can you tell me more about what you are feeling right now?").
What are Open-Ended Questions
Right to receive clear information about your diagnosis, treatment options, and the risks and benefits of medications (such as psychotropic drugs), and the right to accept or refuse treatment, except in specific emergency or court-ordered situations
What is Informed Consent and the right to refuse treatment
a water-soluble salt made by processing leaves from the South American Erythroxylum coca plant with hydrochloric acid. It is commonly distributed as a fine, white, bitter-tasting crystalline powder.
What is cocaine
A preference for being alone with little interest in close relationships, combined with a restricted range of emotional expression.
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder
" I think you should tell your ex boyfriend to stop calling"
What is Giving Unsolicited Advice
Repeats or mirrors the patient's core message to validate their experience and prompt deeper exploration
What are Reflecting and Restating
Right to be treated and habilitated in settings that restrict your personal liberties as little as possible, with strict limitations on the use of physical restraints or seclusion (used only during extreme safety threats when other options fail).
What is Least Restrictive Environment
Weed, Mary Jane, pot, grass, herb, ganja,
What are slang terms for marijuana
A long-term disregard for rules, social norms, and the rights of others, frequently marked by deceitfulness, impulsivity, and a lack of remorse.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder
Can signal discomfort or dismiss the patient's emotional pain.
What is Changing the Subject
Provides essential processing time for patients who need space to gather their thoughts
What is Using Silence
Right to private communication, including mail and telephone access, and strict protection of your medical records under laws like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which keeps your mental health information secure
What are Privacy and Confidentiality
a synthetic, psychoactive drug that acts as both a stimulant and a mild hallucinogen, commonly known by the street names Ecstasy or Molly
What is methamphetamine
Intense mood swings, severe instability in relationships and self-image, chronic feelings of emptiness, and a deep fear of abandonment
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
Refusal to meet the clients gaze
What is Avoiding eye contact
Calmly shares factual information without directly confronting or arguing against a patient's delusions or distorted beliefs
What is Presenting Reality
Right to actively participate in creating and reviewing your own treatment and discharge plans
What is Treatment Planning Participation
most commonly abused substance in the United States
What is Alcohol.
An inflated sense of self-importance, a deep need for excessive admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder
when the professional line between a nurse and a patient becomes distorted, unclear, or crossed from professional to social
What is Boundary Blurring