Exam 3 Study Guide / Study
Guide Exam 3
abstract thinking - ✔✔✔ANSWER-make associations or interpretations about a
situation or comment
flights of ideas - ✔✔✔ANSWER-excessive amount and rate of speech composed
of fragmented or unrelated ideas
ideas of reference - ✔✔✔ANSWER-client's inaccurate interpretation that general
events are personally directed to him or her, such as hearing a speech on the news
and believing the message had personal meaning
thought broadcasting - ✔✔✔ANSWER-a delusional belief that others can hear or
know what the client is thinking
,delusion - ✔✔✔ANSWER-fixed false belief not based in reality
hallucination - ✔✔✔ANSWER-false sensory perceptions or perceptual
experiences that do not really exist
auditory hallucinations - ✔✔✔ANSWER-hearing voices
-most common
visual hallucinations - ✔✔✔ANSWER-seeing things that don't really exist
loose association - ✔✔✔ANSWER-disorganized thinking that jumps from one
idea to another with little or no evident relation between the thoughts
seclusion - ✔✔✔ANSWER-isolation from others, solitude
assault - ✔✔✔ANSWER-involves any action that causes a person to fear being
touched in a way that is offensive, insulting, or physically injurious without
consent or authority.
-Examples include making threats to restrain the client to give him or her an
injection for failure to cooperate
battery - ✔✔✔ANSWER-involves harmful or unwarranted contact with a client;
actual harm or injury may or may not have occurred
-Examples include touching a client without consent or unnecessarily restraining a
client
, malpractice - ✔✔✔ANSWER-type of negligence that refers specifically to
professionals such as nurses and physicians
-the nurse, physician, or hospital or agency to be liable, the client or family needs
to prove four elements
-duty
-breach of duty
-injury or damage
-causation
False Imprisonment - ✔✔✔ANSWER-defined as the unjustifiable detention of a
client, such as the inappropriate use of restraint or seclusion
negligence - ✔✔✔ANSWER-careless neglect, often resulting in injury
duty - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A legally recognized relationship
The nurse had a duty to the client, meaning that the nurse was acting in the
capacity of a nurse.
breach of duty - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The nurse (or physician) failed to conform to
standards of care, thereby breaching or failing the existing duty. The nurse did not
act as a reasonable, prudent nurse would have acted in similar circumstances.
causation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The breach of duty was the direct cause of the loss,
damage, or injury. In other words, the loss, damage, or injury would not have
occurred if the nurse had acted in a reasonable, prudent manner.
Guide Exam 3
abstract thinking - ✔✔✔ANSWER-make associations or interpretations about a
situation or comment
flights of ideas - ✔✔✔ANSWER-excessive amount and rate of speech composed
of fragmented or unrelated ideas
ideas of reference - ✔✔✔ANSWER-client's inaccurate interpretation that general
events are personally directed to him or her, such as hearing a speech on the news
and believing the message had personal meaning
thought broadcasting - ✔✔✔ANSWER-a delusional belief that others can hear or
know what the client is thinking
,delusion - ✔✔✔ANSWER-fixed false belief not based in reality
hallucination - ✔✔✔ANSWER-false sensory perceptions or perceptual
experiences that do not really exist
auditory hallucinations - ✔✔✔ANSWER-hearing voices
-most common
visual hallucinations - ✔✔✔ANSWER-seeing things that don't really exist
loose association - ✔✔✔ANSWER-disorganized thinking that jumps from one
idea to another with little or no evident relation between the thoughts
seclusion - ✔✔✔ANSWER-isolation from others, solitude
assault - ✔✔✔ANSWER-involves any action that causes a person to fear being
touched in a way that is offensive, insulting, or physically injurious without
consent or authority.
-Examples include making threats to restrain the client to give him or her an
injection for failure to cooperate
battery - ✔✔✔ANSWER-involves harmful or unwarranted contact with a client;
actual harm or injury may or may not have occurred
-Examples include touching a client without consent or unnecessarily restraining a
client
, malpractice - ✔✔✔ANSWER-type of negligence that refers specifically to
professionals such as nurses and physicians
-the nurse, physician, or hospital or agency to be liable, the client or family needs
to prove four elements
-duty
-breach of duty
-injury or damage
-causation
False Imprisonment - ✔✔✔ANSWER-defined as the unjustifiable detention of a
client, such as the inappropriate use of restraint or seclusion
negligence - ✔✔✔ANSWER-careless neglect, often resulting in injury
duty - ✔✔✔ANSWER-A legally recognized relationship
The nurse had a duty to the client, meaning that the nurse was acting in the
capacity of a nurse.
breach of duty - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The nurse (or physician) failed to conform to
standards of care, thereby breaching or failing the existing duty. The nurse did not
act as a reasonable, prudent nurse would have acted in similar circumstances.
causation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-The breach of duty was the direct cause of the loss,
damage, or injury. In other words, the loss, damage, or injury would not have
occurred if the nurse had acted in a reasonable, prudent manner.
