mental health unit 2

Question 0

Loss of emotional control

Answer 0

Emotional liability

Question 1

Ongoing process whereby individuals use various responses to adjust to stressors and change; change resulting from assimilation and accommodation

Answer 1

Adaptation

Question 2

What do you do for a confused person?

Answer 2

Orient them and have them in a calm environment

Question 3

If pt is combative what should you think of first?

Answer 3

The nurses safety

Question 4

With a post traumatic stress disorder person what should u do?

Answer 4

Give them opportunity to talk about it

Question 5

Shows no emotion

Answer 5

Flat affect

Question 6

Jumbled up words or sentences

Answer 6

Word salad

Question 7

False beliefs that misrepresent reality

Answer 7

Delusions

Question 8

Perceptions that something is present when it is not, eg.hearing voices that are not really there.

Answer 8

Hallucinations

Question 9

What do u do with a over active patient?

Answer 9

Remove from over stimulated environment

Question 10

Hypomanic patient needs

Answer 10

Structured environment and schedule

Question 11

Highly disturbed patient needs

Answer 11

Limited stimulation

Question 12

Delusional or hallucination patient needs

Answer 12

Orientation and reorientation

Question 13

Depressed patient needs

Answer 13

Structure and schedule

Question 14

Regressive patient needs

Answer 14

Structure and schedule

Question 15

Combative patient the nurse needs to

Answer 15

Assess ability to make reasonable judgements and what has caused this condition

Question 16

What nursing action for a patient crying?

Answer 16

Stay with pt, reinforce all right to cry

Question 17

Person comes to hospital voluntarily

Answer 17

Voluntary admission

Question 18

Placed by a physician, for 72 hours, for evaluation of clients who are dangerous to themselves or others

Answer 18

Emergency hold

Question 19

Placed by the police, to bring the person to the hospital in an emergency

Answer 19

Transportation hold

Question 20

Placed by judge before preliminary commitment hearing

Answer 20

District court hold

Question 21

Placed by the court to assess a person to determine if he or she is mentally competent to stand trial for a crime

Answer 21

Assessment hold

Question 22

Usually to a state, veteran’s administration, county hospital, or other care facility for treatment

Answer 22

Court confinement

Question 23

Dual diagnosis, both of which need treatment

Answer 23

Mentally ill/chemically dependent

Question 24

Commitment to a security hospital

Answer 24

Mentally ill and dangerous

Question 25

Discharge planning starts when

Answer 25

As soon is pt is admitted

Question 26

Used for treatment of various alterations of mental health

Answer 26

Psychotherapy

Question 27

Used for those needing short-term or long-term treatment

Answer 27

Group therapy