Summary NUR2459 Module 4 EXAM 1 review guide.

NUR2459 Module 4 EXAM 1 review guide. Mental Health NUR2459 Module 4 EXAM 1 review guide You need to study and UNDERSTAND!  Role of the psychiatric Nurse o Work closely with treatment teams to develop individualized patient plans, aiming to maximize care and help patients live productive lives. They also provide individual counseling to patients and families to help them understand the illness. o Stranger  Accepting the patient as he is  Treating the patient as an emotionally able stranger and relating to him on this basis until evidence shows him to be otherwise. o Resource person  In the role of resource person, the nurse explains, in language that the patient can understand, information related to the patient’s health care. o Teacher  the nurse identifies learning needs and provides information required by the patient or family to improve the health situation. o Leader  Autocratic leadership promotes overvaluation of the nurse and patients’ substitution of the nurse’s goals for their own. Laissez-faire leaders convey a lack of personal interest in the patient.