Chapter 7 (E1) Flashcards
What is an interactive process that provides needed guidance and direction?
Leadership
What is the framework for nursing practice and have been identified as nursing scientific methodology in the delivery of patient care?
Nursing process
What part of the nursing process is ongoing and continues throughout the other phases. It identifies the client’s immediate needs
Assessment
What is a hallmark with children and mental health?
The child tends to regress
Returning to a previous level of development
Children become scared that HCP will tell their parents things.
The nurse tells them everything is confidential.
But what things will the nurse have to report to the parents?
Threats of suicide/homicide
Use of drugs
Issues of abuse
What does the HEADSSS interview stand for? This is helpful in assessing children with mental health
H- home environment
E- education
A- activities
D- drugs
S- sexuality
S- suicide risks
S- savagery
What disease is a contributor to early deaths in patients with mental illness
Cardiovascular disease
Hypothyroidism may show a clinical appearance of?
Depression
What is an assessment that aids in collecting and organizing objective data?
It’s observes the patients behavior, communication, appearance, speech, mood, cognitive ability, judgement
Mental state examination
What is one of the most important nursing skills for nurses to demonstrate while utilizing the nursing process.
It will improve communication
Assertiveness
What is a clinical judgement about a patients response, needs, mental health problems, level of risk, and potential comorbid illnesses
Nursing diagnosis
What are the 3 structural components of a nursing diagnosis?
Problem
Etiology
Supporting data
What is a type of therapy that includes orienting patients to the rights and responsibilities?
Milieu therapy
