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NSg 3450 Mental Health Units 1 and2 With Complete Solution
Mental health - ANSWER A state of well-being in which each person is able to
realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work
productively, and make a contribution to the community.
What does mental health provide a person? - ANSWER Mental health
provides people with the capacity for rational thinking, communication skills,
learning, emotional growth resilience and self-esteem.
Incidence - ANSWER The number or rate of new cases of a particular
condition during a specific time (usually a year).
Prevalence - ANSWER Total number of people within a population who have
a specific mental disorder or other disorder during a specific period of time
including old and new cases.
QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) - ANSWER Patient-Centered
Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
Epidemiology - ANSWER Branch of medical science concerned with the
,incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of
people.
DSM-5 - ANSWER the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for
classifying psychological disorders.
What does the DSM-5 contain? - ANSWER All recognized psychiatric
diagnoses and includes current data concerning etiology, course, affected
population, treatment, rule out diagnoses, etc. The DSM-5 classifies
disorders, not people.
Roles of the basic level psychiatric/mental health nurse - ANSWER
Coordination of care-coordinates implementation of the nursing care plan
and documents coordination of care.
Health teaching and health maintenance.
Milieu therapy- Provides, structures, and maintains a safe therapeutic
environment in collaboration with patients, families and other healthcare
clinicians.
Pharmacological, biological, and integrative therapies.
How do nurses advocate for their patients? - ANSWER *** ADVOCACY
APPLIES IN EVERY SCOPE OF NURSING ***
1. the nurse supports clients by ensuring that they are properly informed,
that their rights are respected, and that they are receiving the proper level of
care
2. Nurses must act as advocates even when they disagree with clients'
decisions. Nurses support the patient's right to make decisions regarding
, treatment.
3. Nurses must advocate for clients when the health care system is not acting
in their best interests.
levels of awareness - ANSWER Conscious: the part of the mind that contains
all the material a person is aware of at any one time including perceptions,
memories, thoughts, fantasies, and feelings.
Preconscious: Just below the surface of awareness and contains material that
can be retrieved rather easily through conscious effort.
Unconscious: Includes al repressed memories, passions, and unacceptable
urges lying deep below the surface. Memories and emotions associated with
trauma may be stored in the unconscious because the person finds it too
hard to deal with them.
Personality Structure: ID - ANSWER tries to seek pleasure and avoid pain. IT's
primal instincts are sex, food and aggression. The ID is totally unconscious
and impulsive
Personality structure: Ego - ANSWER Developed in the first few years of life
and resides in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious levels of
awareness. It is the problem solver and reality tester. The ego attempts to
navigate the outside world.
Personality Structure: Superego - ANSWER Develops between the ages of 3
and 5 and represents the moral component of personality. It resides in the
conscious, preconscious, and unconscious levels of awareness. It consists of
the conscience (all the "shouldn'ts" internalized from parents and society).
When behavior falls short of expectations, the superego may induce guilt.
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