Mental Health EVOLVE FOUNDATIONS AND MODES OF CARE QUESTIONS

Mental Health EVOLVE FOUNDATIONS AND MODES OF CARE QUESTIONS 1. A primary gain is always the reduction of anxiety. Gaining benefits from others is related to a secondary gain. Fulfillment of unconscious desires is unrelated to primary gains. Control of unacceptable impulses is unrelated to primary gains. 2. Mental healthy person SATA One who accepts aging One who engages available strengths One who sustains positive relationships 3. A mother and her three young children arrive at the mental health clinic. The woman says that she is seeking help in leaving her husband. She reports that he has been beating her for years but just started hitting the children. What is the best initial action by the nurse? A: Arranging for a staff member to watch the children so the mother and nurse can talk. 4. A nurse counseling a client on the inpatient psychiatric unit responds to a statement made by the client by stating, "I'm confused about exactly what is upsetting you. Would you go over that again, please?" What is the nurse using? A: Clarifying R: Clarifying is an attempt to better understand the message intended by the client. It is utilized to gain a clearer understanding of what another person has stated. Structuring is an attempt to create order and thereby allow a client to become aware of problems. Confronting examines a discrepancy between what a person is saying and what a person does. It requires careful attention to nonverbal communication, as well as the discrepancies between the nonverbal and verbal messages. Paraphrasing allows the speaker to share how one person perceives and hears another's information. The nurse is not paraphrasing, but instead is attempting to better understand the client.