Nurse-Client Relationship
Therapeutic Communication
Mental Status exam
Legal & Ethic Issues
Major Theorist
100

Summarizing the goals and objectives achieved, discussing ways to incorporate new coping strategies, reviewing situations that occurred, and exchanging memories

What is the “Termination” phase of the Nurse-Client Relationship?

100

Reassuring, giving advice, giving approval, disapproving, changing the subject

What are examples of non-therapeutic communication techniques?

100

Client’s emotional display of mood being experienced.

What is affect?

100

Respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions

What is autonomy?

100

In this type of therapy, the individual is taught to control negative thoughts to maintain and manage emotions

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

200

Maintaining the relationship, gathering data, promoting problem solving skills and self-esteem, facilitate change, overcome resistance, evaluate problems, and goals

What is the “Working” Phase of the Nurse-Patient Relationship

200

“Tell me more about that”

“Would you describe it more fully?”

What is “Exploring”- a therapeutic communication technique?

200

Alert, Lethargic, Stuporous

What are levels of consciousness?

200

Being a harm to self or others, decreasing sensory overload, patient request

What are reasons to use seclusion?

200

During this Erikson’s task successful completion would include gain self-control and independence within the environment

What is “Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt”?

300

Theory behind this therapy: Everyone has schemata- unique assumptions about self, others, and the world around them

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

300

Paraphrasing, summarizing, clarifying, exploring, silence, touch

What are examples of therapeutic communication techniques?

300

Rapid changes from one thought to another related thought

What is “flight of ideas”?

300

Forcing client to eat, wash, or dress self

What is a violation of the patient’s rights?

300

This task- achieve life goals and obtain concern and awareness of future generations

What is generativity vs. stagnation?

400

A health environment, combined with a healthy social structure within an inpatient or outpatient setting supporting and treating those with mental illness

What is a therapeutic milieu or milieu therapy?

400

“Don’t worry everything will be alright”

“You’ll be fine”

“There’s nothing to worry about”

What is “False Reassurance”- a non-therapeutic communication technique?

400

Repeating the same words in response to different questions

What is perseveration?

400

Informing medical staff about a client’s threat to harm a specific individual

What is “Duty to Warn”?

400

Most basic needs require fulfillment before those at higher levels can be achieved

What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

500

Focus on the patient’s problems and concerns encouraging them to find their own solutions, not “being a friend” or meeting the needs of the nurse

What is the difference between a social relationship and the nurse-client relationship?

500

Patient: "I wish I were dead.

"Nurse: "I know what you mean."

What is minimizing feelings- a non-therapeutic communication technique?

500

Ability to evaluate choices and make appropriate decisions

What is judgement?

500

The difference in the rights of clients involuntarily admitted vs. voluntary

What is the right to leave against medical advice, privacy, and all belongings?

500

This task integrates all the tasks previously mastered into a secure sense of self

What is identity vs. role confusion?