Chapter 10 Vocab Flashcards
A specific therapy technique that can be applied to individuals , groups, or systems. The aim is to reinforce desired behaviors and extinguish undesired ones
Behavior modification
An expression of mood manifest in a persons outward emotional expression; varies considerably both within and among different cultures
Affect
Interventions that reinforce or promote desirable behaviors or alter undesirable ones
Behavior therapy
The use of provider-assigned books and other assigned reading materials to help individuals gain therapeutic benefit
Bibliotherpay
How each individual perceives his or her own body, including such dimensions as size and attractiveness
Body image
Use of medication to control patients or manage behavior
Chemical restraint
A high level of intellectual processing in which perceptions and information are acquired, used, or manipulated
Cognition
A specific type of counseling in which the nurse helps the patient resolve a disagreement or dispute
Conflict resolution
The process of providing safety and security; involves a patients access to food and shelter
Containment
Specific time limited interactions between a nurse and a patient, family, or group experiencing intermediate or ongoing difficulties related to their health or well being
Counseling
Act of bridging, linking, or mediating between groups or individuals of different cultural systems for the purpose of reducing conflict or producing change
Cultural brokering
An interactive process of calming and redirecting a patient who has an immediate potential for violence directed at others or self
De-escalation
The purposeful focusing of attention away from undesirable sensations
Distraction
Depressed, disquieted, or restless
Dysphoric
An elated mood
Euphoria
A normal mood
Euthymic
The purposeful use of imagination to achieve relaxation or direct attention away from undesirable sensations
Guided imagery
Delivery of nursing care in a person living environment
Home visits
The ability of the individual to be aware of his or her own thoughts and feelings and to compare them with thoughts and feelings of others
Insight
The ability to reach a logical decision about a situation and to choose a course after looking at and analyzing various possibilities
Judgement
Changeable mood
Labile
An approach that provides a stable and coherent social organization to facilitate an individuals treatment , often used interchangeably with therapeutic environment
Milieu therapy
The prominent, sustained, overall emotions a person expresses and exhibits; influences ones perception or the world and how one functions
Mood
Staff and patient willingly share information about relevant topics
Open communication
The opening assessment of the patients mental status to identity and subvert any potential problem
Patient observation
Knowing “who I am” formed through the numerous biologic, physiological, and social challenges and demands faced throughout the stages of life
Personal identity
An educational approach used to enhance knowledge and shape behavior by adapting teaching strategies to a patients disorder-related deficits
Psychoeducation
Thinking about or relating past experiences
Reminiscence
The use of any manual, physical, or mechanical device or material that when attached to the patients body restricts the patients movements
Restraint
Characteristics, conditions, situations, or events that increase the patients vulnerability to threats to safety or well being
Risk factors
Solitary confinement in a full protective environment for the purpose of safety or behavior management
Seclusion
The ability to perform ADLs successfully
Self-care
The sum of beliefs about oneself, which develops over time. Includes three interrelated items: body image, self-esteem, and personal identity
Self-concept
Attitude about oneself
Self-esteem
Interventions that encourage and elicit relaxation to decrease undesirable signs and symptoms
Simple relaxation techniques
Assisting patients to feel balance and connection within relationships, involves listening to expression of loneliness, using empathy, and providing patients with desired spiritual articles
Spiritual support
Purposeful interaction that allows patients to interact with others in a useful way
Structured interaction
The application of behavior modification techniques to multiple behaviors
Token economy
A process that affirms patient individuality and reflects the staff member respect for a patient in any interaction
Validation
Using Web resources related to mental health issues to help patients gain insight into their problems through acquiring new knowledge and interacting with others in the privacy of their own surroundings
Webotherapy
