28 Questions
What is one of the aspects of the therapeutic interactional process mentioned in the text?
Providing physical care
In what way does the interpersonal process mentioned in the text contribute to mental health?
Maintaining behavior for optimal mental health
What is one aim of the preventive aspect of the interpersonal process described in the text?
Early identification and intervention
Who is the focus of the corrective impact on mental disorders in the text?
Individuals experiencing disequilibrium
What type of equilibrium does the preventive aspect of the interpersonal process endeavor to preserve?
Emotional and psychosocial equilibrium
What is a key quality of a psychiatric nurse that involves understanding the patient's problem/emotions without undergoing the same experience?
Empathy
Which attitude is crucial for patient adherence, as mentioned in the text?
Consistency
What responsibility of a psychiatric nurse involves ensuring the patient's safety within a specific unit?
Organization and maintenance of the physical environment
Which quality of a psychiatric nurse is described as 'not strictly sticking to policy'?
Flexibility
What major responsibility of a psychiatric nurse involves fostering a sense of understanding and acceptance between them and the client?
Maintenance of emotional climate
What is the primary intervention in psychiatric nursing?
Interpersonal Process
What does psychiatric nursing focus on providing care for?
Clients with emotional/mental problems
What is the main goal of psychiatric nursing according to the text?
Enhance human potential and correct maladaptive functioning
What is the status of the patient in legal concepts related to psychiatric nursing?
Primary
What are the two major responsibilities of a psychiatric nurse as mentioned in the text?
Applying nursing to psychiatry and interpersonal process
What is defined as a specialized field of nursing responsible for providing care to clients with emotional/mental or psychosocial problems?
Psychiatric Nursing
What is a key factor in determining whether behavior is healthy or unhealthy according to the text?
Time and place
In psychiatric nursing, what is emphasized regarding each patient?
Being a unique individual with different needs
What is the essence of effective psychiatric nursing according to the text?
Developing effective nurse-patient relationships
What role does proper communication play in psychiatric nursing as per the text?
Aids in solving patient's problems and achieving satisfaction
What should nurses recognize and interpret about patients?
Patient's behavior, especially those aspects usually kept in the unconscious mind
How should the development of emotional involvement with patients be beneficial according to the text?
Should not affect the competence of the nurse or the patient
What are some of the peculiar features of the medical treatment of mental illness that create moral difficulties for nurses?
All of the above
Under what circumstances might individuals be treated against their will in mental health settings?
When they are deemed a danger to others or a risk to themselves
What is the ethical basis for justifying the deprivation of liberty and treatment against the patient's will in mental health care?
Duty of protective beneficence towards the patient
Which factor is crucial for justifying treatment against the patient's will according to the text?
Proof of being a danger to others or a risk to oneself
What aspect is significant for nurses in determining responsibilities towards mentally ill patients?
Definition of which patients are the carer's responsibility
In mental health care, what is crucial for justifying the deprivation of liberty and treatment against the patient's will?
Being a danger to others or a risk to oneself
Explore how different social groups have varying standards for judging healthy and unhealthy behavior in the context of psychiatric nursing principles. Learn how behavior can be viewed as deviant in one group but accepted in another, based on time, place, culture, and expectations.
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