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show Compensation  
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Which defense mechanism is refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it?   show
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Which defense mechanism is the transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral?   show
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Which defense mechanism is an attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires?   show
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show Intellectualization  
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show Introjection  
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Which defense mechanism separates a thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or emotion associated with it?   show
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show Projection  
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Which defense mechanism attempts to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors?   show
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show Reaction Formation  
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show Regression  
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show Repression  
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Which defense mechanism re-channels drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive?   show
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Which defense mechanism in the voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness?   show
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show Undoing  
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Why does mental illness seem to occur?   show
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show GAS- General Adaptation Syndrome. Developed by Hans Selye  
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What is the basic principle behind the General Adaptation Syndrome?   show
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show The Recent Life Changes Questionnaire where a high score means a person could be at greater susceptibility to physical or psychological illness  
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What is considered a high score in the RLCQ for a six month period?   show
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What is considered a high score in the RLCQ for a 12 month period?   show
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show How a client perceives a stressor, whether it's positive or negative  
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With the transaction theory, what is considered a secondary appraisal?   show
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What is considered a MILD level of anxiety?   show
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show The client's focus is impaired but they are still able to follow directions  
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show The client's focus is very limited, they are fixated on a single detail  
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show The client has zero focus because they have shut down. They aren't thinking and judgement is impaired  
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What is our goal with psych patients?   show
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show Dorothea Dix  
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show Linda Richards  
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Name Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from bottom to top   show
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show 1. A positive attitude toward self 2. Growth, development, and the ability to achieve self-actualization 3. Integration 4. Autonomy 5. Perception of reality 6. Environmental mastery  
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show The APA  
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show Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed. Text Revision and it's used my doctors  
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show What the pt is being treated for; their focus of care  
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What is the Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR?   show
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show General medical conditions  
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show Problems that pt are having difficulty with such as family functioning, support groups, etc.  
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What are primary prevention services?   show
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What are secondary prevention interventions?   show
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show Pts go to outpatient therapy; almost like a rehab  
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show Taking care of pts while keeping in mind their cultural, spiritual and religious needs  
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show Sigmund Freud and he believed that a mental illness could occur when there was a malfunction between the id, ego and superego  
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Who developed the Interpersonal theory and what did it entail?   show
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What was Erikson's type of theory called?   show
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What type of theory did Piaget have and what did it deal with?   show
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Who developed the Moral Development Theory?   show
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What four aspects did Peplou point out in her Nursing Model?   show
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Define a therapeutic relationship?   show
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What are some roles that a nurse takes on in a Nurse-Client relationship?   show
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What is the end goal of most therapeutic relationships?   show
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What are the 7 characteristics of a therapeutic relationship?   show
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show Pre-interaction, Orientation, Working, & Termination  
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What happens in the pre-interaction phase of the therapeutic relationship?   show
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What happens in the orientation phase of the therapeutic relationship?   show
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show You work on coping strategies with the pt to help get them to a point where they can solve some problems  
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What is it called when a pt suddenly starts looking at you unconsciously and you remind them of someone and they start to treat you as if you are that person?   show
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show Counter-transference  
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show The working phase of the therapeutic relationship  
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What occurs in the termination phase of the therapeutic relationship?   show
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What are three boundaries in the Nurse/Client relationship?   show
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show Sit squarely, Open posture, Lean forward, Establish eye contact, Relax  
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show Listening  
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What are five pre-existing conditions that occur with communication?   show
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show Physical Appearance & Dress: Body Movement & Posture: Touch: Facial Expressions: Eye Behavior: Vocal Cues or Paralanguage. ( VEPT BF)  
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show A movement done by schizophrenic pts in which limbs stay in whatever position they are placed  
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What is paralanguage?   show
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show Place them in prayer mode  
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show It is the therapeutic community  
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show That in order for us to be able to have a better community for the pts, we should have 7 basic assumptions with three basic goals.  
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show 1) Get pts to learn coping skills (either something they have used in the pst or something new) 2) Show pts appropriate role models 3) Develop healthy relationship skills  
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What are the 7 basic assumptions that Skinner believed in?   show
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show So pts know there are some good things about them; it's important to give them positive feedback  
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With Skinner's 7 basic assumptions, why is interpersonal interaction inevitable?   show
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With Skinner's 7 basic assumptions, how do you get a pt to be responsible for their own behavior?   show
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show Talk a pt down, chemical restraints and lastly physical restraints  
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show We want them to preserve their dignity  
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show It's a treatment for mental illness in which a mental health professional and a pt discuss problems and their feelings and work together to find solutions  
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show Assessment (what brought pt here) Resolution (pt feel like their making headway; problem is closed to be resolved or thought of in a different way) Growth [Self-Actualization] (meet all your goals by Maslow)  
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What do you call a group a ppl that come together to share a common interest to learn to practice skills resolve conflict, etc?   show
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What's the number of ppl that you want in a therapeutic group?   show
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What are three leadership styles?   show
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show It's all about the leader, what he wants and how he wants to get it done, members of the group are unhappy; things get done  
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show Members have input and are the focus of the group; productivity is lower because the members are well-informed with knowledgeable opinions and resolutions to problems  
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show The group doesn't get a lot done because they have a 'who cares' attitude  
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What is considered a crisis intervention?   show
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show It can be either all dependent on the pts perception  
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show disequilibrium and at times, so severe that the individual requires assistance to recover  
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How many phases of crisis development are there?   show
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show Being exposed to the stressor  
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What is phase II of crisis development?   show
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show Pt tries to use all resources. They get into panic type situation trying everything in their power to get back to homeostasis  
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What is phase IV of crisis development?   show
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show It's unanticipated, could be chronic where the pt feels like they are out of control  
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show They are milestones you know are coming but they are still difficult such as the death of a parent  
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What is traumatic stress?   show
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show They are anticipated crises that make you feel helpless, rejected or depressed  
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show It is when the pt already has a mental illness diagnosis but then they have a crisis in their life and it may become so distorted that the pt may feel abandoned or like they can't resolve the crisis due to their mental illness  
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show The person's ability to function physically & psychologically are impaired and it becomes a question if the pt will be safe. They need someone to intervene on their behalf because they can't take responsibility for themselves  
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What is the essential goal of the Nurse Practice Act and what gives it, it's authority?   show
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Who's duties are delineated in the Nurse Practice Act?   show
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show Statutory law  
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What are common laws?   show
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show Private and property rights of people and business (tort & contracts)  
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show Laws that offer protection from conduct that could injure the public  
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What are torts?   show
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show Malpractice & negligence  
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show Battery & assault  
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show Confidentiality & the Right to Privacy  
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show An act that protects pts privacy and information  
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What is it considered when a pt tells you information?   show
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show When they are of mental status and awareness and are there by voluntary consent  
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When is it okay to challenge informed consent?   show
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show In 1980 the bill came up stating that mental health pts have the right to have physiological needs met  
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show It has to be an emergent situation to put someone in restraints & seclusion; there are very specific timelines when using restraints & seclusion; different guidelines for different ages; tell you how to evaluate pt to make sure they are safe in restraints  
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show Pts that sign themselves in  
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With an involuntary admission, how often may a pt must be re-evaluated to see if they stay on this status and be documented?   show
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show 1) Pt has to be dangerous to self or to others 2) They have to be observed as a mentally ill pt 3) They have to be gravely disabled  
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show Emergency commitment; person has to be obviously unsafe and the board decides if pt can stay or leave  
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What is involuntary outpatient commitment?   show
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