VNSG 1238 - MENTAL ILLNESS FINAL STUDY GUIDE.
VNSG 1238 - MENTAL ILLNESS FINAL STUDY GUIDE/VNSG 1238 - MENTAL ILLNESS FINAL STUDY GUIDE. Please consider therapeutic communication and safety first. Recognize a patient’s ability to cope with stress Can’t perform their ADLs. Facts influencing definition of mental illness Inherited characteristics Childhood nurturing Life’s circumstances (positive or negative) Problems so over whelming that the person can’t perform ADLs to cope so they develop maladaptive behavior. Recognize behavior that warrants a patient to be admitted to a mental health facility Actively psychotic- being out of touch with reality. Hearing voices or seeing thigs.
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