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psychopharmacology Ans: medications that influence the mood and behavior mental health tx prior to psychopharmacology Ans: trephination blood letting and purging isolation and asylums insulin coma therapy metrazol therapy lobotomy Trephination Ans: practice of drilling and chiseling i...

Compensation Ans: Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable. Example: A physically disabled boy is unable to participate in football, so he compensates by becoming a great scholar. Denial Ans: Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real...

A high school adolescent undergoing lithium therapy has not been following the prescribed pharmacological regimen. What should the school nurse do to help promote adherence to the regimen? Ans: Talk with the adolescent about the importance of a consistent lithium blood level in ensuring that ...

Mrs. B is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder has a nursing diagnosis of Risk for self-directed violence, which is related to the client's self mutilation behavior (burning arms with cigarettes). Which client behavior would indicate a positive outcome of intervention?` Ans: Mrs. B t...

Characteristics of psychiatric nursing Ans: 3 components: psychotherapeutic nurse-patient relationship (Hildegard Peplau), psychopharmacology (medical model symptom management), milieu management (building on person to person connections) Meaning of ethics and morals Ans: -study of ideal huma...

THE 6 C'S Ans: care compassion competence Commitment communication courage why do i want to be a MH nurse Ans: -discovered passion for psych through a level topics such as shizo and depression explanations -good at teams malawi eg combination = MH -helping make a difference in peoples...

Mood Ans: SUBJECTIVE expression of emotional state (how is the patient feeling?) Affect Ans: OBJECTIVE observed emotional tone (what does the nurse observe about the patient's feelings?) euthymic Ans: normal mood euphoric Ans: very happy labile Ans: Changing rapidly and often w/ extremes...

accountability Ans: part of working independently within a scope of practice advocacy Ans: a nurses scope of practice is to be a voice for the patients under their care civil law Ans: commitment Ans: confidentiality Ans: federal and state right; marked by intimacy or willingness to confid...