Legal & Ethical Issues
Communication
Nurse-Client Relationship
Client-Centered Care
Defense Mechanisms
100

assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation

What are the standards of practice for psychiatric-mental health nurses?

100

sensitivity to individual differences in life experiences: sexual orientation, SES, ethnicity, cultural background

What is culturally competent care?

100

source of interconnectedness for self and others, the environment, and a higher power

What is spirituality?

100

visualize the brain's structure and function

What are brain imaging techniques?

100
A client with diabetes eats doughnuts for breakfast
What is "denial"?
200

treatment, refuse treatment, competence/self-determinism, informed consent, confidentiality, HIPPA, dignity, individualized treatment, worship, mail, vote

What are the rights of psychiatric patients?

200

physical appearance, dress, body movements, posture, touch, facial expressions, eye contact, paralanguage

What is nonverbal communication?

200

tell client about your personal life, mutual

What is a social relationship?

200
suicidality, homicidality
What is a risk assessment? (priority of care)
200
You are mad at your teacher after class and yell at your loved one(s) when you get home that day
What is "displacement"?
300

assess client for safety and physical needs, client behavior, food and fluid(s) offered, toileted, vital signs, prior precipitating events, alternative actions taken, medication administered

What documentation is required by protocol for seclusion and/or restraints?

300

enables individuals to act on their own behalf, stand up for themselves, express themselves honestly, and exercise their own rights without denying the rights of others

What is assertive communication?

300

goal-directed toward learning and growth, foundation of nursing care, client-centered

What is the therapeutic nurse-client relationship?

300
cognition, insight, judgment, perception, mood/affect, thought content, thought process, speech, cooperation, behavior, appearance
What is a mental status assessment?
300
A husband abuses his wife because she doesn't listen to him
What is "rationalization"?
400

Intentional, Unintentional (Negligence)

What are the 2 types of Tort ?

400

asking questions the client is not ready to answer

What is "probing"?

400

termination, working, orientation, and pre-interaction/identification

What are the phases of the NCR (Nurse-Client Relationship)?

400
implicated in etiology of emotional disorders and in pharmacological treatment of these disorders
What are neurotransmitters?
400
He is a bad nurse and she is good nurse
What is "splitting"?
500

client is not a threat to self or others

When does the client have the right to refuse treatment?

500

imply that client is doing the right thing and that not doing it is wrong

What is "giving approval"?

500

only when it is clear that the client will benefit; client-centered and goal-directed

When is it appropriate to use self-disclosure?

500
acutely suicidal, drug overdose, hallucinogen reaction, ETOH intoxication, uncontrolled anger, acute psychosis
What are psychiatric emergencies (crisis situation)?
500
A client with borderline personality disorder uses a blanket and a teddy bear and wears fuzzy slippers while on an in-patient behavioral health unit
What is "regression"?
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