PNG 2254- Mental Health
Nursing Exam Latest Update
Formal patient - Answer a patient detained by 2 admission certificates or 2 renewal
certificates
Informal patient - Answer pt seeks examination
voluntary admission - Answer Inpatient care sought by a patient
Involuntary admission - Answer -danger to self or others
-need immediate treatment
-is gravely disabled
Mental illness/disorder - Answer disturbance in cognition, emotional regulation, or
behaviour that decreases mental function
3 criteria required to formally admit and detain a patient - Answer 1. have mental
disorder
2. harm to self or others
3. unable to be admitted except "certified"
Review panel - Answer professionals that oversee care and discharge
they are psychiatrists, physicians, general public, lawyer
What are the 8 rights of "certification" - Answer 1. information
2. confidentiality
3. communications (not allowed personal phone)
4. visitors
5. legal representative
6. appeal
7. have an advocate
8. refuse treatment
CLPNA code of ethics: responsibilities as a nurse - Answer 1. knowledge
, 2. accountability
3. patient safety
4. continuing competence
5. collaboration
6. leadership
Ethics - Answer distinguishing right from wrong
Bioethics - Answer putting the ethical decision into play in the workforce etc.
Autonomy - Answer emphasizes the status of persons as autonomous moral agents
whose rights to determine their destinies should always be respected. eg. independent
decision making
Beneficence - Answer promoting good for others
Legal right - Answer a right on which the society has agreed and formalized into law
Restraint policy - Answer need doctors order, security outside of room at all times, use
the least amount of restraint as possible, check on them every 15minutes
Moral Behaviour - Answer how you think others should be treated
Values - Answer ideas and beliefs that people hold dear and try to live by
Broken Boundaries - Answer Favoring a client
Keeping secrets with a client
Changing dress style for working with a particular client
Swapping clients
Spending time with client outside of work etc.
Sharing too much personal info
Gift giving
Sexual feelings
Communication styles - Answer 80% non-verbal
- appearance, jaw clenching etc.
The nurse-client relationship
Therapeutic relationships
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