Mental Health PN-Exam 1 (A+ GRADED)

What is a MMSE? correct answers mini mental state examination (used to collect data about pts cognitive status) -orientation(time & place) -attention span;ability to count backward by 7 -registration & recalling objects -language-naming objects,following commands, ability to write What are the rights of a mental health patient? correct answers 1. informed consent/ability to refuse tx 2. confidentiality 3. written care plan that includes d/c follow up 4. communication with people outside MH facility like family, attorney, & HCP 5. interpreter if needed 6. free of harm 7. psychiatric advance directive 8. care with the least restrictive interventions necessary to meet needs define: the quality of doing good correct answers beneficence define: the clients right to make decisions, but client must accept the consequences of those decisions correct answers autonomy define: fair and equal treatment for all correct answers justice define: loyalty and faithfulness to the client and one's duty correct answers fidelity define: honesty when dealing with a client correct answers veracity define: doing no harm to clients correct answers nonmaleficence What is voluntary admission? correct answers -client or guardian chooses admission to MHF -has the right to leave at anytime & refuse meds/tx What is involuntary admission? correct answers -admission to MHF w/o consent -base on client needs for psychiatric tx, risk of harm to self or others, or inability to provide self care. -limited to 60 days -still considered competent & have right to refusal; if deemed incompetent then has guardian who signs informed consents. Define: confining client to a specific area for convenience of staff correct answers false imprisonment