Answers
Mandatory outpatient treatment - ANSWER -the requirement that clients continue
to participate in treatment on an involuntary basis after their release from the
hospital into the community.
Least restrictive environment - ANSWER -patients have the right to treatment in
the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet there needs that's what was
central to the deinstitutionalization movement
Mental Health Law - ANSWER -Patient's Bill of Rights
Admissions to the hospital
Due Process Issues
Right to Treatment
Right to Refuse Treatment
Restraint and seclusion
restraint - ANSWER -physical force to a person without his or her permission
restrict a persons movement human or mechanical
seclusion - ANSWER -n. isolation from others, solitude in a security room padded
with a camera or window.
ethics - ANSWER -the philosophical study of moral values and rules-right and
wrong
assault - ANSWER -a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who
appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped - ex could be to threaten to
put a patient in restraints
Battery - ANSWER -is following through on a treat and physically make contact
hit, push injury does not have to occur.
false imprisonment - ANSWER -unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's
freedom of movement seclusion
, Tarasoff Vs Regents - ANSWER -Duty to Protect, break confidentiality to the
protect intended victim -- duty to warn third parties if Mental patient threatens to
kill
HIPPA Regulations - ANSWER -Exceptions to confidentiality -- duty to warn
Privacy
LPN - ANSWER -do not do formal assessment on Patients the RN does
Purpose of Psychiatric Assessment - ANSWER -Current Level of Functioning
Establish trust
Assess coping skills
Develop a treatment plan
Mental Status Exam
Influence of culture
Nursing assessment
Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship - ANSWER -professional, planned
relationship between client and nurse that focuses on client needs, feelings,
problems, and ideas; interaction designed to promote client growth, discuss issues,
and resolve problems; includes the three phases of orientation, working
(identification and exploitation) and termination (resolution)
Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship - ANSWER -Therapeutic Boundaries
Identification of problems
Problem solving approach
Focus on growth and behavioral change
Orientation phase - ANSWER -Establish trust
Confidentiality
Expectations
Working Phase - ANSWER -Goals
identifies patients problems
Problem solving
Promotion of self-esteem
Termination Phase - ANSWER -Outcome criteria
Therapeutic Communication - ANSWER -Elements of Communication