Settings for Psychiatric Care
Termination begin in this stage of the clinical interview
What is the orientation phase?
The duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes
What is justice?
Communication that includes body gestures, facial expressions, body posture, hand movements, eye contact, etc.
What is nonverbal communication?
What is assessment?
Leaving before being discharged, also known as "away without leave" AWOL
What is elopement?
A special kind of listening that refers to an intensity of presence or being with the patient
What is attending?
Patient information is to only be shared with individuals who have a need and a right to know privileged information
What is confidentiality? OR What is Right to Privacy?
When there is a difference in status or power between two participants in a relationship, such as between a nurse and a patient
What is a complementary relationship?
The final, and most often ignored, phase of the nursing process
What is evaluation?
Type of admission that does not require the patient's consent, necessary when a person presents a danger to self or others, or is unable to meet his/her basic needs due to mental illness
What is involuntary admission?
Phase of the interview process where the patient and nurse explore areas in the patient's life that are causing problems and work towards healthier ways of coping
What is the working phase?
A principle that governs action when a violent threat places a third party in danger of violence
What is Duty to Warn?
A moment where the nurse allows time for the patient to collect thoughts or think on a point
What is therapeutic silence?
A structured assessment used in psychiatry to determine a patient's cognitive and behavioral functioning
What is a Mental Status Examination (MSE)?
Usually initiated in ERs, can be initiated by friends or family, tends to psychiatric emergencies such as homicidal or suicidal ideation, acute psychosis, or behavioral responses to drugs
What is a crisis intervention?
The ability to view another person as being worthy of caring about and as someone who has strengths and achievement potential
What is positive regard?
Mandates that the least drastic means be taken to achieve a specific purpose
What is the Least Restrictive Alternative Doctrine?
This specific type of question can imply criticism, often makes the patient feel very defensive
What are "why" questions?
Phase of the nursing process where the nurse and patient devise interventions and practice healthy behaviors
What is implementation?
Became a law in 2017, helping millions of people who couldn't previously afford health insurance, insurance companies could not deny an individual because of preexisting mental health conditions
What is the Affordable Care Act?
Emphasizes he patient's participation and responsibility, either written or verbal, contains the place/time/date of meetings
What is a contract?
What a nurse that refuses to discharge a patient without appropriate legal justification would be liable for
What is false imprisonment?
Where a person unconsciously and inappropriately displaced patterns of behaviors and emotional reactions towards another person that originated in relation to significant figures in childhood
What is transference?
A type of therapy that orients the patients to their rights and responsibilities, provides structure, maintains a safe environment, and sets limits on the unit
What is milieu therapy?