Definitions
This term describes a state of well‑being in which an individual realizes their abilities, can cope with normal stresses, works productively, and contributes to the community.
What is Mental Health
The primary goal of a therapeutic nurse‑client relationship is to _____.
What is building trust?
Using silence, reflection, and open‑ended questions promotes this type of communication.
What is therapeutic communication?
Therapy that focuses on changing distorted thinking.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Ethical principle meaning “do no harm.”
What is nonmaleficence?
This phrase refers to a diagnosable condition that impairs thought, mood, or behavior, often requiring professional intervention.
What is Mental Illness?
Phase of the nurse–patient relationship where trust and goals are established.
What is the orientation phase?
Repeating the patient’s words to encourage further discussion.
What is restating?
Structured environment used as a therapeutic tool.
What is milieu therapy?
The patient’s right to make their own health care decisions.
What is autonomy?
The continuum that places mental health, mental illness, and lifespan development on a single spectrum.
What is Health Illness Continuum?
Phase where most therapeutic work and change occurs.
What is the working phase?
Communication technique that conveys understanding without giving advice.
What is empathy?
This theory emphasizes unconscious conflicts and early childhood experiences.
What is psychoanalytic (psychodynamic) theory?
This concept requires the nurse to use the least intrusive interventions possible.
What is the least restrictive alternative?
The model that emphasizes the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors in mental health.
What is the biopsychosocial Approach?
A professional distance that ensures safe and ethical care.
What are professional boundaries?
Asking “Why did you feel that way?” is considered this type of response.
What is nontherapeutic communication?
Theory that prioritizes unconditional positive regard and self‑actualization.
What is humanistic theory?
Legal duty to protect identifiable individuals from credible threats.
What is the Tarasoff duty to warn?
The most accurate modern definition of mental illness includes dysfunction in which domain(s)?
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What are cognition, emotion regulation, and behavior?
Nurse’s awareness of personal values, beliefs, and biases.
What is self‑awareness?
This response minimizes feelings and blocks expression.
What is false reassurance?
Erikson’s theory focuses on development across the ________.
What is the lifespan?
The ability to understand information and make a reasoned decision.
What is decision‑making capacity?