Mental Health Study Guide 1
Topic 1:Course Orientation Nursing Roles and Behaviors: Roles and Functions
Health, Wellness, and Illness: Health Beliefs Related to Mental Health- Theories
Legal Issues: Legal and Ethical Considerations
1. Define and describe psychiatric and mental health nursing:
Psychiatric nursing focuses on care and rehab of people with identifiable mental illness or disorder
Mental Health nursing focuses on well and at risk population to prevent mental illness or provide immediate treatment for those with early signs of a disorder.
Psychiatric mental health nursing is described by Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standard of Practice as committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of human responses to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders.
Psychiatric mental health nursing uses the study of human behavior as its science and purposeful use of self as its art. It views people holistically, considering their strength, needs, and problems.
It is based on physical and social science, designed to meet needs of people with health problems, provided by caring and knowledgeable professionals, relies on problem solving approach to plan, deliver, and evaluate care.
2. Trace the history of psychiatric mental health nursing in the US as it applies to patient centered care:
3. Identify significant trends in healthcare and their effects on psychiatric nursing
4. Describe the difference between various theories
Psychodynamic- psychoanalytic theory derives from Sigmund Freud. Central to analytic theory is the idea of unconscious which contains repressed memories. Although a person is unaware of unconscious material, repressed thoughts seek expression thorugh dreams, fantasies or may lead to irrational or maladaptive behavior. A goal of psychodynamic counseling is to expand awareness on unconscious functioning and its relation to daily living.To Freud, personality is composed of three subsystem: id, ego ,
Health, Wellness, and Illness: Health Beliefs Related to Mental Health- Theories
Legal Issues: Legal and Ethical Considerations
1. Define and describe psychiatric and mental health nursing:
Psychiatric nursing focuses on care and rehab of people with identifiable mental illness or disorder
Mental Health nursing focuses on well and at risk population to prevent mental illness or provide immediate treatment for those with early signs of a disorder.
Psychiatric mental health nursing is described by Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standard of Practice as committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of human responses to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders.
Psychiatric mental health nursing uses the study of human behavior as its science and purposeful use of self as its art. It views people holistically, considering their strength, needs, and problems.
It is based on physical and social science, designed to meet needs of people with health problems, provided by caring and knowledgeable professionals, relies on problem solving approach to plan, deliver, and evaluate care.
2. Trace the history of psychiatric mental health nursing in the US as it applies to patient centered care:
3. Identify significant trends in healthcare and their effects on psychiatric nursing
4. Describe the difference between various theories
Psychodynamic- psychoanalytic theory derives from Sigmund Freud. Central to analytic theory is the idea of unconscious which contains repressed memories. Although a person is unaware of unconscious material, repressed thoughts seek expression thorugh dreams, fantasies or may lead to irrational or maladaptive behavior. A goal of psychodynamic counseling is to expand awareness on unconscious functioning and its relation to daily living.To Freud, personality is composed of three subsystem: id, ego ,