NURS 351 Exam 1 Study Terms correctly
answered to pass
Psychotropic drugs - correct answer ✔✔Drugs that are used to change brain function and result in
alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.
Interdisciplinary or Multidisciplinary Team - correct answer ✔✔Consists of individuals with various
professional backgrounds who bring their varied experiences and knowledge to the client's treatment
and rehabilitation.
Residential Settings - correct answer ✔✔A type of treatment setting, such as halfway houses or group
homes, which offers rehabilitation for clients in a supportive home environment. Residents make
transition from group home to residence where they fulfill own responsibilities and function without
onsite supervision.
Empathy - correct answer ✔✔The ability of a nurse to perceive the meaning and feelings of a client and
to convey this to him or her.
Self-Awareness - correct answer ✔✔The ability to develop an understanding of one's own beliefs,
values, strengths, and limitations.
Advocacy - correct answer ✔✔1. The nurse engages in this when acting on the client's behalf when the
client is unable to do so.
Positive Regard - correct answer ✔✔The unconditional nonjudgmental attitude demonstrated by the
nurse to the client.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - correct answer ✔✔A published
document that outlines specific diagnostic criteria for mental disorders that are based on clinical
research and experience. Distinguishes between someone with a normal and abnormal reaction.
Mental Illness - correct answer ✔✔Nearly 1 in 5 US adults experience this
, Period of Enlightenment - correct answer ✔✔-1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix believed in reforming mental health treatment and advocated for state hospitals
Community Mental Health Act - correct answer ✔✔Approved by JFK in 1963, resulted in
deinstitutionalization, legislation for disability income, changes in commitment laws. Moved patients to
outpatient services, community-based services.
Mental disorders - correct answer ✔✔Account for more economic costs than chronic somatic diseases
such as cancer or diabetes.
Mental Health Care Team - correct answer ✔✔Primary care provider, specialty care provider, patient-
centered medical/ health homes, Community clinics.
Transitional Outpatient Treatment - correct answer ✔✔Psychosocial rehabilitation program, clinical case
management
Psychiatric Home Care - correct answer ✔✔Assertive community treatment (ACT), intensive substance
abuse program, partial hospitalization program (PHP).
Most Acute Treatment - correct answer ✔✔ED, crisis stabilization unit, lock inpatient unit
Goals of Partial Hospitalization - correct answer ✔✔Stabilizing psychiatric symptoms, monitoring drug
effectiveness, stabilizing living environment, improving activities of daily living, learning to structure
time, developing social skills, obtaining meaningful work, paid employment, or a volunteer position,
providing follow-up of any health concerns.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs - correct answer ✔✔Clubhouse model: 4 guaranteed rights of
members include a place to come to, meaningful work, meaningful relationships, a place to return to
(lifetime membership).
answered to pass
Psychotropic drugs - correct answer ✔✔Drugs that are used to change brain function and result in
alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.
Interdisciplinary or Multidisciplinary Team - correct answer ✔✔Consists of individuals with various
professional backgrounds who bring their varied experiences and knowledge to the client's treatment
and rehabilitation.
Residential Settings - correct answer ✔✔A type of treatment setting, such as halfway houses or group
homes, which offers rehabilitation for clients in a supportive home environment. Residents make
transition from group home to residence where they fulfill own responsibilities and function without
onsite supervision.
Empathy - correct answer ✔✔The ability of a nurse to perceive the meaning and feelings of a client and
to convey this to him or her.
Self-Awareness - correct answer ✔✔The ability to develop an understanding of one's own beliefs,
values, strengths, and limitations.
Advocacy - correct answer ✔✔1. The nurse engages in this when acting on the client's behalf when the
client is unable to do so.
Positive Regard - correct answer ✔✔The unconditional nonjudgmental attitude demonstrated by the
nurse to the client.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - correct answer ✔✔A published
document that outlines specific diagnostic criteria for mental disorders that are based on clinical
research and experience. Distinguishes between someone with a normal and abnormal reaction.
Mental Illness - correct answer ✔✔Nearly 1 in 5 US adults experience this
, Period of Enlightenment - correct answer ✔✔-1790s
-Creation of asylums; moral treatment
-Dorothea Dix believed in reforming mental health treatment and advocated for state hospitals
Community Mental Health Act - correct answer ✔✔Approved by JFK in 1963, resulted in
deinstitutionalization, legislation for disability income, changes in commitment laws. Moved patients to
outpatient services, community-based services.
Mental disorders - correct answer ✔✔Account for more economic costs than chronic somatic diseases
such as cancer or diabetes.
Mental Health Care Team - correct answer ✔✔Primary care provider, specialty care provider, patient-
centered medical/ health homes, Community clinics.
Transitional Outpatient Treatment - correct answer ✔✔Psychosocial rehabilitation program, clinical case
management
Psychiatric Home Care - correct answer ✔✔Assertive community treatment (ACT), intensive substance
abuse program, partial hospitalization program (PHP).
Most Acute Treatment - correct answer ✔✔ED, crisis stabilization unit, lock inpatient unit
Goals of Partial Hospitalization - correct answer ✔✔Stabilizing psychiatric symptoms, monitoring drug
effectiveness, stabilizing living environment, improving activities of daily living, learning to structure
time, developing social skills, obtaining meaningful work, paid employment, or a volunteer position,
providing follow-up of any health concerns.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs - correct answer ✔✔Clubhouse model: 4 guaranteed rights of
members include a place to come to, meaningful work, meaningful relationships, a place to return to
(lifetime membership).
