Summary: Psych Exam 1

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  • What are the physiological diseases of adaptation?

    Headache, hypertension, ulcers, etc.
  • What are the psychological diseases of adaptation?

    Anxiety (mild, moderate, severe.)
  • What are some ethical issues?

    The right to refuse medication even if under involuntary consent
    The right to least restrictive treatment alternatives
  • What are some legal issues?

    Informed consent (assess the level of impairment in thinking
    Restraints/Seclusion
    Involuntary commitment (threatening to hit someone, danger to self or others and can still give informed consent)
    Duty to warn ( threats against a person made by the patient)
    Assault and battery (threats)
  • What is a role of a psychiatric nurse?

    Having the skills to be able to work with multiple relationships
  • What are the conditions for developing a therapeutic relationship

    Rapport always comes first when trying to establish trust, empathy, and sympathy.
  • What is the orientation phase?

    assess and start to build relationships
  • What is the working phase?

    Nurse promotes insights and perceptions of reality
  • How can you maintain a therapeutic milieu?

    By punishing inappropriate behaviors and making sure that all of the staff is on the same page and have the same goals for the same patient.
  • What are some inappropriate boundaries to have with a patient?

    Giving them your phone number
    Visiting outside the initial clinic setting
    Establishing a more than nurse client relationship.
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