Psychiatric Nursing Interventions Quiz

Empowerment to make personal moral judgments and choices based on individual goals.

1990 law requiring providers to inform adult patients of their rights to accept or refuse treatment.

Legal documents allowing individuals to outline their healthcare preferences in advance.

Set of rights ensuring mental health patients receive care and treatment fairly and confidentially.

Degree to which a patient can comprehend information during the consent process.

Legal procedure ensuring patients understand benefits and risks before treatment.

Principle advocating for treatment options that do not limit freedom unnecessarily.

Ethical principle to avoid causing harm to patients.

A personal connection to meaning and purpose, existing in everyone.

System of beliefs, values, and rituals organized by a group.

Successful adaptation to stressors with congruent thoughts and behaviors.

Maladaptive responses to stressors affecting functioning and norms.

A pyramid of human needs from basic survival to self-actualization.

The body's three-stage response to stress: Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion.

Physiological response options when facing a stressor: fight, flight, faint, or freeze.

Directly confronting a stressor with aggression or anger.

Characterized by ineffective reasoning and impending doom; perceives stressor as threatening.

Inability to process the environment; symptoms may include hallucinations and disorganized thoughts.

Psychological strategies used to cope with stress; can be adaptive or maladaptive.

Selfless concern for others, transforming emotions by helping those similar to oneself.

Channeling difficult feelings into acceptable actions, such as exercise.

Unconsciously pushing away painful memories or thoughts.

Consciously avoiding thoughts about distressing situations or feelings.

Remain calm, listen, explore solutions, encourage physical activity.

Physical or verbal signs indicating anger, such as clenched fists, yelling, or intense eye contact.

Elements that may increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior, like history of violence and poor coping skills.

A situation where general functioning is severely impaired and emotional control is limited.

Three steps: Assessment, Planning, and Intervention to manage a crisis.

Foreseeing and rectifying aggressive behaviors before they escalate.

Medications used as needed (PRN) for controlling severe agitation, including antipsychotics and benzodiazepines.

Selecting appropriate nursing actions based on crisis assessment prioritizing safety.

Indicators such as defensiveness, facial grimacing, and restlessness observed during an emotional crisis.

Placing a person in a psychiatric facility without consent due to inability to care for themselves or being a threat.

A legal process where a court decides a person must stay in psychiatric treatment for a specified time.

Conditions that justify involuntary admission, including threat to self or others and inability to make treatment decisions.

Legislation allowing transport of persons unable to care for themselves without needing imminent danger criteria.

A part of an individual's life not governed by societal laws or government intrusion.

An ethical duty to protect patient information and not disclose it without consent.

Unauthorized release of patient information without consent in absence of legal reason.

Legal obligation to breach confidentiality if a patient poses a threat of harm to others.

A leadership style where the leader involves the team in decision-making and values everyone's input.

A leadership style where the leader allows the team a high degree of freedom in decision-making with minimal supervision.

A leadership style where the leader makes decisions unilaterally without input from the team.

The initial phase of group therapy where members get to know each other and establish trust and goals.

The phase in group therapy where members openly discuss issues, share support, and explore emotions.

The final phase of group therapy where members reflect on progress and prepare to end therapy.

The accepted standards of behavior and beliefs that guide a group's interactions.

The degree of interaction and commitment among group members that fosters unity and support.