Mental Health - ANSWER-The successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms
Maslow - ANSWER-Hierarchy of Needs, self actualization is what you want to
reach
Empathy - ANSWER-Is an attempt by the receiver to enter into the senders point
of reference. This identification is separate from the receiver's own experiences
and is an imagining how the client is experiencing their circumstances. The
receiver recognizes that the sender's experiences are separate from their own.
Restatement - ANSWER-The main content and feeling of the client's message is
paraphrased using new and usually fewer words.
Broad Statement - ANSWER-Are imperative phrases used to gain information
without prying or interrogating.
Clarification - ANSWER-Therapeutic. help to understand what the client is
saying. It is often necessary because client communication is not always direct
and straightforward when clients have problems with trust
,Mental Health - ANSWER-The successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms
Culture influences that affect how individuals view mental illness - ANSWER-
Incomprehensibility and cultural relativity
Incomprehensibility - ANSWER-If it doesn't make sense, people think your
insane
Cultural Relativity - ANSWER-the "normality" of behavior is determined by the
culture
A 25-year-old man barely avoids a motor
vehicle accident. His heart is pounding,
his palms are sweaty, and his respirations are increased. This is an example of
which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome?
a) Alarm reaction stage
b) Stage of resistance
c) Stage of exhaustion
d) Stage of biological stress - ANSWER-A
A client hates her mother because of
childhood neglect. The nurse determines which client statement represents the
use of the defense mechanism of reaction formation?
, a) "I don't like to talk about my relationship with my mother."
b) "My mother hates me."
c) "I have a very wonderful mother whom I love very
much."
d) "My mom always loved my sister more than she
loved me." - ANSWER-C
Grief - ANSWER-The subjective state of emotional, physical, and social responses
to the loss of a valued entity.
The loss may be real or perceived.
5 Stages of Grief - ANSWER-Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Anticipatory Grief - ANSWER-the experiencing of the grief process before the
actual loss occurs.
Resolution - ANSWER-length of the grief process is entirely individual. It can last
from a few weeks to years. It is influenced by a number of factors.