Mental Hlth/Biological/Cultural
Legal and Ethical Guidelines
Nursing Process
Therapeutic Communication
Communication and the Clinical Interview
100
A state of well-being in which an individual is able to realize their own potential, cope with the stresses of life, work productively and make a contribution to the community is known as what?
What is Mental Health or Mentally Healthy Person
100
What must be obtained in order to release information to another HC facility or third party regarding a patient who has a mental illness?
What is A signed consent by the patient stating the specific info they want released
100
The nurse should listen attentively and accept a patient's statements in a nonjudgmental way during what?
What is the assessment interview
100
What permits a nurse to see an event from the patient's perspective, understand the patient's feelings, and communicate this to a patient?
What is empathy
100
If the nurse asks the question: "Can you give me an example of what you mean by 'loopy'?" What communication technique is she using?
What is the technique of clarification
200
What resource is used to establish a psychiatric disorder?
What is DSM-5
200
What types of patients can be involuntarily admitted to the psych unit?
What is those who are dangerous to themselves or others
200
If you have a mental health client who is from a different country what is important to determine before trying to converse in detail with this client?
What is a translator
200
Strong positive or negative reactions toward a pt or over-identification with the patient is known as what?
What is countertransferance
200
This therapeutic communication technique offers presence, interest, and a desire to understand. It is not offered to to get a person to talk or behave in a certain way. An example might be " I would like to spend time with you."
What is offering self
300
What Structures in the brain play a key role in the storage and processing of memories?
What is frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes, the Hippocampus, and Amygdala
300
Wore 5 layers of clothes. States, " I need protect myself from evil micro-organisms trying to invade my body." This documentation states what?
What is specific observations of client's appearance and exact statements made.
300
The nurse asks the following questions: 1) What doe you do when you are upset? 2) Who do you talk to about your problems? 3) How does your religion help you in stressful situations? What is the nurse trying to determine by asking these questions?
What is coping strategies
300
If a mental health patient interrupts your session with another mental health patient how should you respond?
What is Tell the interrupting patient you have however amount of time left in this session and then you will talk with them.
300
What communication technique give the patient idea of what has been communicated and shows that the nurse is listening?
What is restating
400
Patients with Parkinson's Disease, Hyperlipidemia and Diabetes need to be monitored closely for adverse affects with giving what type of psych meds?
What is Second Generation Antipsychotics
400
Mental Health clients receiving mental health services have civil rights. What are the civil rights? (9)
What is right to vote, right to civil service ranking, right to receive or deny driver's license, right to make purchases, right to press charges, right to humane care and tx, right to religious freedom, right to participate in recreational activities, right to social interaction, right to send and receive mail.
400
Asking a client what they had for lunch today would help the nurse determine what in the mental health client?
What is recent memory or remote memory
400
why is accepting gifts from patients not appropriate?
What is it creates a social rather than therapeutic relationship with the patient.
400
If you want to seek clarification from a client from something they said to you what would you say?
What is Am I correct in understanding that....
500
What is more important the needs of an individual or community? How would you describe an ideal relationship between individuals? Of what importance are possessions in your life? These types of questions would be asked when trying to determine what?
What is an individual's worldview
500
1) A peer tries to provide patient care in an impaired state. 2) A team member violates relationship boundaries with a client. In these two situations you as the nurse have the duty to do what?
What is intervene to protect patient safety
500
What criteria might warrant a diagnosis of impaired verbal communication in a client with a mental health disorder?
What is gazing off, looking up rather than at who is speaking, doesn't make eye contact, is inattentive
500
ensuring a nurse is always assigned to the same patient and the patient has a regular routine for activities is known as?
What is consistency
500
This communication techniques directs questions, feelings and ideas back to the patient and encourages the patient to accept his or her own ideas and feelings. It encourages the patient to think of themselves as a capable person.
What is Reflecting
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