NUR2459 Exam 1 Study Guide Modules latest update 2023

NUR2459 Exam 1 Study Guide Modules latest update 2023 Module 1: Foundations for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing How has our understanding of mental health evolved over time? What factors influence a person’s mental health? - Mental illness changes with culture, time in history, and the group defining it. What is the difference between mental health and mental illness? - Mental health: successful adaption to stressors from internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms; ability to engage in productive activities and enjoy relationships - Illness: maladaptive responses to stressors from internal and external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with individual’s social, occupational, and/or physical functioning; changes with culture, time in history and the group defining it