NUR 253/ NUR253 Exam 1 – Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Guide| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A

NUR 253/ NUR253 Exam 1 – Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Guide| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION empathy understanding from the pt perspectives QUESTION technique to facilitate nurse/client interview Answer: consistency pacing listening initial impressions focus on pt promote pt comfort and balance control QUESTION factors that affect communication Answer: personal environmental relationship QUESTION personal factor examples Answer: depression (slows thinking) anxiety (lack of communication) mania (inability to focus) language barriers cultural differences cognitive factors QUESTION environmental factor examples Answer: background noise lack of privacy uncomfortable accommodations QUESTION relationship factor examples Answer: level of equality w/in the relationship QUESTION verbal communication Answer: All of the words a person speaks. QUESTION Non-verbal communication Answer: not what you say but how you say it QUESTION paraphrasing Answer: restating the person's message in your own words QUESTION restating Answer: uses the client's exact words QUESTION why question Answer: should not be used, can be intrusive and judgemental QUESTION Freud Answer: id, ego, superego QUESTION ID Answer: birth unconscious & impulsive source of all drives, instincts, reflexes and needs QUESTION Ego Answer: first few years of life when a child interacts with others differentiates subjective experiences, memory images, and objective reality QUESTION super-ego Answer: btw ages 3-5 represents moral component of personality consists of the conscience "should nots" and the ego ideal "shoulds" QUESTION defense mechanism Answer: ego developed defense to ward off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of threatening feelings QUESTION Freud's Psychosexual Stages oral anal phallic latency