Mental health Nursing

A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the recent death of a beloved pet. The client's appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not changed. How should the nurse interpret the client's behaviors? 1. The client's behaviors demonstrate mental illness in the form of depression. 2. The client's behaviors are extensive, which indicates the presence of mental illness. 3. The client's behaviors are not congruent with cultural norms...

Phenomena of concern for psychiatric-mental health nurses are dynamic, exist in all populations across the lifespan and include but are not limited to:Promotion of optimal mental and physical health and well-being Prevention of mental and behavioral distress and illness Promotion of social inclusion of mentally and behaviorally fragile individuals Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders Co-occurring mental health and physical disorders Alterations in thinking, ...

When planning care for a specific client, of what significance to the psychiatric nurse is the fact that the DSM-IV-TR is multiaxial? Pertinent aspects of client functioning and problems are reported. A nurse conducting research is seeking data about outcomes for depressed patients who have been treated with electroconvulsive therapy. The nurse is engaged in the field of: Clinical epidemiology. A client tells the mental health nurse "I am terribly frightened! I hear whispering that ...

Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping, is associated with positive mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from his job. Which of the following responses on your part would most likely contribute to his enhanced resilience? a. using your connections to set up an interview with your employer b. connecting him with a friend of the family who owns his own business c. supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews d. he...

During the shift report, a nurse describes a client as crazy. Which approach by the nurse would be best? Suggest that staff use the term mentally ill. The psychiatric mental health nursing student is preparing to attend a meeting of the psychiatric mental health care team to discuss possible updates to clients diagnoses. In preparing for this meeting, the nursing student should consult which of the following references? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders The nurse is sha...

what is mental health nursing a specialized area of nursing practice committed to promoting mental health throughout the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of human resources to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders who created a holistic approach to nursing Florence nightingale who recommended therapeutic communication and stated that reducing anxiety about an illness is a way to encourage independence and self care? Florence nightingale The first trained nurse in the US L...

MENTAL HEALTH Difficult to define usually seen as a general state a well-being No single, universal definition Many components influenced by wide variety of factors Dynamic, ever-changing state Influencing factors: Individual (personal) personality Interpersonal (relationship) friends, toxic/healthy relationships Social/cultural (environmental) culture norms, environmental concerns no health without mental health, impacts everyone resilience: flexible, able to bounce back, b...

A charge nurse is discussing mental status examinations with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further teaching? A. "To assess cognitive ability, I should ask the client to count backward by 7." B. "To assess affect, I should observe the client's facial expression." C. "To assess language ability, I should instruct the client to write a sentence." D. "To assess remote memory, I should have the client repeat a ...

What does the adrenal medulla do in the initial stress response?Releases norepinephrine and epinephrin What do the eyes do in the initial stress response?Pupils dilate What do the lacrimal glands do in the initial stress response?Secretions increase What does the respiratory system do in the initial stress response?Bronchioles dilate and respirations increase What does the cardiovascular system do in the initial stress response?Increases in the force of contraction, heart rate, blood...

common abbreviations PMH: mental health D/O: disorder NOS: not otherwise specified WHO: World health org sign that looks like the end of a triton: psych statistics 1 in 5 Americans have a mental disorder, 5% have a severe persistent mental illness depression is the leading cause of disability world wide mental health definition state of well being in which every individual realizes their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and able to make...