Therapeutic Communications
Theory
Coping/Defense Mechanisms
Safety
Legal / Policy
100

Client: “Do you think I should go to group or not?”

Nurse: “What do you think the pros and cons are for going to group?”

This is an example of ...

Reflecting

100

In Freud's psychoanalytic iceberg model, this consciously enacted state balances the other two modes of the unconscious in order to function

Ego

100

Avoidance of the stressful condition, withdrawal from a stressful environment, disengagement from stressful relationships, and misuse of drugs and/or alcohol

Maladaptive Coping Responses

100

A pt is at an increased risk for acting on this if there is a specific plan and an accessible lethal method

Suicide attempt

100

Patients in violent restraints or seclusion must be monitored ...

Continuously

200

Client: “Everyone hates me here.”

Nurse: “You feel as though everyone dislikes you?”

Restating

200

An 8-month-old baby perceives the world as safe as its parents provide predictable nourishment, shelter and love.  The baby is in the process of achieving which of Ericson's Psychosocial Stages of Development?

Trust vs. Mistrust

200

A person with a voyeuristic urge completes scientific research and observes research subjects. This defense mechanism is known as ...

Sublimation

200

When interacting with a client in a room, make sure the client is never positioned between you and the...

Door

200

A violent restraint order is good for ______ hours, and can be extended up to ____ hours

8

300

“You’ll be fine; don’t worry.” is a NonTherapeutic response of providing

False Reassurances

300

The patient reminds the nurse of her teenage nephew, so she spends extra time with the patient.  This is an example of ...

Counter-transference 

300

A process when one attributes their individual positive or negative characteristics, affects, and impulses to another person or group. This defense mechanism is known as...

Projection

300

This technique should be used prior to the initiation of physical or chemical restraint

Verbal De-escalation

300

A Face-to-face assessment must be completed within ___ hour of receiving a seclusion or violent restraint order

1

400

Client: “I can’t go to group; there are cockroaches on the walls.”

Nurse: “I see no evidence of cockroaches on the walls.”

This is an example of...

Presenting Reality

400

This theorist believed that physiological needs must be met before focusing on higher level needs. 

Maslow

400

A series of actions, or thought processes used in meeting a stressful or unpleasant situation or in modifying one’s reaction to such a situation

Coping Strategies

400

Seclusion is a form of ...

Restraint

400

The first Clinical Certificate, which certifies that the individual personally examined is mentally ill and a person requiring treatment, can be executed by any physician or licensed psychologist and is good for up to ____ hours.

72

500

Communicating both verbally and nonverbally that we are interested in what the other person is saying while also actively verifying our understanding with them is called ...

Active Listening

500

This theorist saw benefit in inpatient environment, social structure, and client-to-client interactions

Sullivan

500

A victim of incest indicates they have always hated their uncle (the molester) but cannot remember why.  This defense mechanism is known as...

Repression

500

Documented patient check-ins or safety rounding approximately every 15 minutes occurs on an inpatient psychiatric unit and is referred to as ...

General Safety Precautions (GSP)

500

The second Clinical Certificate must be completed by a __________ within 24 hours of hospitalization

Psychiatrist

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