CCRI Mental Health Nursing NURS1023 Exam 1 - Lecture 1 Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update and Recommended Version
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CCRI Mental Health Nursing NURS1023
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CCRI Mental Health Nursing NURS1023
mental health
the successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent with local
and cultural norms (Townsend and Morgan textbook pg. 2)
mental illness
maladaptive responses to s...
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CCRI Mental Health Nursing NURS1023
Exam 1 - Lecture 1 Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update and
Recommended Version
mental health
✓ the successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent with local
and cultural norms (Townsend and Morgan textbook pg. 2)
mental illness
✓ maladaptive responses to stressors from the internal or external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural
norms, and interfere with the individual's social, occupational, and/or physical functioning
(Townsend and Morgan textbook pg. 3)
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Justice
✓ the right of individuals to be treated equally and fairly
veracity
✓ one's duty to always be truthful
The right to refuse treatment (including medication)
✓ patients have the right to refuse treatment unless the treatment requires immediate
intervention to prevent death or serious harm to the patient or another person
The right to the least restrictive treatment alternative
✓ clients have a right to whatever level of treatment is effective and least restricts their
freedom
Nurse Practice Acts
✓ the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing are defined within each state
by the state's nurse practice act. These documents are passed by the state legislature. Most
are general in their terminology and do not provide specific guidelines for practice
2 general categories of law that are of most concern to nurses?
✓ statutory law and common law
statutory law
✓ a law that has been enacted by a legislative body, such as a county or city council, state
legislature, or the U.S. Congress. Ex. nurse practice acts
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